“What better comfort have we, or what other Profit in living Than to feed, sobered by the truth of Nature, Awhile upon her beauty, And hand her torch of gladness to the ages Following after?” HandsAgeComfortEnvironmentalProfitFollowingTorchesGladnessHer Beauty Book:Sonnets and Other Verses Source: Sonnets and Other Verses
“What the English call "comfortable" is something endless and inexhaustible. Every condition of comfort reveals in turn its discomfort, and these discoveries go on for ever. Hence the new want is not so much a want of those who have it directly, but is created by those who hope to make profit from it.” WantTurnsConditionsGoes OnComfortComfortableDiscoveryProfitEndlessDiscomfort Book:Philosophy of right Source: Philosophy of right
“To overcome our biological limitations as individuals, we have co-evolved collective systems and capacities - cultural, social, economic, political, scientific, media, educational, public relations, etc. But the flaw in all that is that we have designed them primarily for comfort, profit, power, control, and entertainment rather than for collective intelligence, sanity, and wisdom.” PoliticalIndividualSocialEconomicMediaComfortCapacityOvercomingRelationProfitEntertainmentEducationalLimitationEtcCollectivesFlawsSanityPublic RelationsCollective Intelligence Author:Tom Atlee
“Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love a cow - for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage.” PeopleWantEyeWealthComfortAdvantageSakeProfitGod LoveMilkCowsCheeseInward Author:Meister Eckhart
“The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others” PeopleMadeMoralityComfortProfitExcuseChosenFairnessAgonyDecencyFanaticismUnspeakableDividends Author:Iain Banks