“While the comforts of modern civilization and technological success or economic success seem at the moment quite fulfilling, I can assure you that all of these things are transitory and will fall away.” I CanMomentsSeemsHumanityFallEconomicModernBuddhismComfortCivilizationFulfillingTechnologicalTransitoryModern CivilizationEconomic Success Author:Frederick Lenz
“The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in those very points of superiority from which we seek comfort when regretting the unnatural character of our manners. We see that remarkable people uniting at once fullness of form and fullness of substance, both philosophising and creating, both tender and energetic, uniting a youthful fancy to the virility of reason in a glorious humanity.” PeopleReasonCharacterAgeFormHumanityRegretComfortCreatingModelsShameSimplicityMannersSubstanceGreekFancyGloriousRemarkableSuperiorityRivalsFullnessUnnaturalEnergeticUniting Book:Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller Source: Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller
“Whether we love humanity or not, we must realize that we are part of it. My future depends entirely on the future of humanity, and so I am compelled to take care of humanity. That is why being compassionate is actually in my own best interest. And a symptom of my own peace of mind is that I can share comfort with others around me.” MindI CanCareHumanityInterestRealizingMy OwnShareDependsComfortTake CarePeace Of MindCompassionateSymptomsCompelledMy FutureFuture Of Humanity Author:Dalai Lama
“In my opinion, those politicians are making decisions based on calculations related to polling numbers and strategic political agendas. But if they are to talk about refugees in a human way - far from how this would affect their careers or individual comforts - and if they, for a second, look at a mother, sitting on a road somewhere, holding her children, shivering with cold, and crying because they are hungry, I'm sure there is a part of their humanity that would shiver.” ChildrenPoliticalMotherHumanityIndividualDecisionOpinionCryColdPoliticianComfortHungryRefugeeShiver Author:Yasmine Elmasri
“We ask God to endow human souls with justice so that they may be fair and may strive to provide for the comfort of all that each member of humanity may pass his life in the utmost comfort and welfare. Then this material world will become the very paradise of the Kingdom this elemental earth will be in a heavenly state and all the servants of God will live in the utmost joy happiness and gladness. We must all strive and concentrate all our thoughts in order that such happiness may accrue to the world of humanity.” WorldHumansMaySoulStatesEarthJoyHumanityOrderAsksJusticeMaterialsComfortMembersFairsStriveGods WillKingdomsServantWelfareParadiseHeavenlyOur ThoughtsHuman SoulServant Of GodGladnessMaterial WorldElementalsJoy Happiness Author:Abdu'l-Bahá
“Humanity can be roughly divided into three sorts of people - those who find comfort in literature, those who find comfort in personal adornment, and those who find comfort in food.” PeopleHumanityThreeLiteratureComfortDividedAdornment Book:The Little White Horse Source: The Little White Horse
“Economic development over the past two centuries has taken most of humanity from lives that were brutal, ignorant and short, to personal health and security, material comfort and knowledge that were unknown to the elites of the wealthiest and most powerful societies in earlier times.” TwoPastHumanityWealthPowerfulKnowledgeEconomyTakenEnvironmentEconomicCenturySecurityIgnoranceMaterialsDevelopmentComfortEconomicsIgnorantMost PowerfulElitesBrutalOver The PastEconomic DevelopmentPersonal Health Author:Ross Garnaut
“Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness - a little bit of humanity.” InspirationalLittlesBookInspirationMotivationalMotivationHumanityLostBitsTechnologyComfortLittle BitTraditionSensualEaseConveniencePortability Author:Chip Kidd