“We must look at what immigration to America involves. To the new arrivals, the change is excruciating. Learning a new language and dealing with strange customs make the first years of life in the new land painful... The economic system of the United States is a mighty engine of persuasion. It motivates people to do what otherwise they never would in return for fulfilling their dreams. In the process, people learn that there is no sharp line between physical well-being and the higher purposes of life. The comfort of owning a house is at once meeting the obligation to care for one” PeopleYearsFirstsWellsLooksStatesDreamCareAmericaPurposeHouseLanguageProcessLinesUnitedUnited StatesEconomicLandStrangeReturnHigherComfortMeetingsPainfulImmigrationObligationWell BeingCustomsPurpose Of LifeEnginesFulfillingPersuasionArrivalsEconomic SystemsYears Of LifeHigher PurposeNew Arrivals Author:John Lachs
“The tyrant custom, most grave senators, Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war My thrice-driven bed of down.” MadeWarComfortBedDrivenGravesCustomsTyrantsSenatorsSteelCouchesThrice Author:William Shakespeare
“Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original (perhaps unrealistic) expectations. More often than not, resistance is cultural in nature, the result of what James O'Toole so aptly characterizes as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom."” FallResultsFailingComfortExpectationsOriginalsTyrannyResistanceIdeologyCustomsInitiativeUnrealistic Expectations Author:John Daly
“Women have a hard time of it in this world. They are oppressed by man-made laws, man-made social customs, masculine egoism, the delusion of masculine superiority. Their one comfort is the assurance that, even though it may be impossible to prevail against man, it is always possible to enslave and torture a man.” MenWorldMayMadeHardLawSocialWomenImpossibleThis WorldComfortTortureHard TimesDelusionCustomsOppressedSuperiorityAssuranceMasculineEgoism Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“The danger is to cling to comfort and custom at a time when events demand breaking away from both. But it is also foolish to jump at every startling moment. Darwin selects primarily for prudent fast-following.” MomentsEventsDangerComfortDemandFollowingFoolishCustomsPrudentBreaking Away Author:Geoffrey Moore
“Some of the strongest resistance to necessary change is the result of what Jim O'Toole has so aptly characterized as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom."” ResultsComfortTyrannyResistanceIdeologyCustomsStrongestNecessary Change Author:Warren G. Bennis
“The old order changeth yielding place to new And God fulfills himself in many ways Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. Comfort thyself: what comfort is in me I have lived my life and that which I have done May he within himself make pure but thou If thou shouldst never see my face again Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” IfsWorldWayLifeShouldMaySoulDoneDreamFacesOrderPrayerThis WorldPrayingComfortPureMy SoulCustomsThyself Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson