“How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.” MeanHousePovertyGoneComfortNeighbor Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“We do not want to think. We do not want to hear. We do not care about anything. Only give us a good dinner and plenty of money, and let us outshine our neighbors. There is the Nineteenth Century Gospel.” ThinkingWantGivingCareCenturyComfortDinnerNeighborPlentyNineteenth Century Book:Othmar. Friendship. And other stories Source: Othmar. Friendship. And other stories
“What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.” DoeImportantCharacterGovernmentAsksNationsEasyCommunityCommonSubjectsBuildingNeededCitizensComfortResponsibleNeighborReformSpectatorsCommon GoodBuilding Community Author:George W. Bush
“Most advice on child-rearing is sought in the hope that it will confirm our prior convictions. If the parent had wished to proceedin a certain way but was made insecure by opposing opinions of neighbors, friends, or relatives, then it gives him great comfort to find his ideas seconded by an expert.” IfsWayGivingChildrenMadeIdeasCertainParentOpinionAdviceComfortConvictionNeighborExpertsInsecureOpposingChild RearingNeighbors Friends Author:Bruno Bettelheim