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“Nietzsche saw in the Protestant ethic, in both its religious and secular (economic) forms, a final protest before the emergence into dominance of the ordered, bourgeois world of the 'last man' he who will pay any price in tedium for comfort and the absence of tension.”

Source: Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky

“It goes with the passionate intensity and deep conviction of the truth of a religious belief, and of course of the importance of the superstitious observances that go with it, that we should want others to share it - and the only certain way to cause a religious belief to be held by everyone is to liquidate nonbelievers. The price in blood and tears that mankind generally has had to pay for the comfort and spiritual refreshment that religion has brought to a few has been too great to justify our entrusting moral accountancy to religious belief.”

Source: The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science

“[Smoking] was a comfort, an occupation, a drug, a casual habit, a distraction, a way to not eat, a way to not pay attention, a way to not feel.”

Way Feels Pay Attention Habit Comfort Drug Pay Attention Smoking Occupation Distraction Casual

Author:Margaret Cho

“I'm a strong supporter of comfort breeds complacency. Growing up poor I wasn't comfortable, my mom had to work so hard and I woke up one day and decided I was not going to come home until I could help her pay the bills.”

Hard Helping Home Strong Poor Pay Growing Up Growing Mom Comfort One Day Comfortable Decided Bills My Mom Coming Home Supporter Complacency

Author:Farrah Gray

“Japan admitted the Imperial Army ordered the building of these brothels and the trafficking of the women. And now that it's been 70 years, there are only 46 remaining comfort women still alive in South Korea. So also in this deal, Japan is going to pay 1 billion yen - that's about 8 million U.S. dollars - to provide social services and health care to the surviving victims.”

Years Stills Care Social Deals Pay Millions Alive Building Comfort Army Victim Dollars South Billions Health Care Japan Surviving Korea Social Service Trafficking Brothels South Korea

Author:Elise Hu

“What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.”

People Inspirational Action Effort Pay Sacrifice Comfort Ease Exertion Pay The Price

Book:Exceptional Employee

Source: Exceptional Employee

“Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.”

Enjoy Pay Comfort Constant Complaining Complaints Poorest Grumbling

Author:Benjamin Franklin