“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
“As the acceptance of democracy brings a certain life-giving power, so it has its own sanctions and comforts. Perhaps the most obvious one is the curious sense which comes to us from time to time, that we belong to the whole, that a certain basic well being can never be taken away from us whatever the turn of fortune.” GivingWellsWholeCertainTurnsDemocracyTakenAcceptanceComfortFortuneObviousCuriousWell BeingSanctions Book:Democracy and Social Ethics Source: Democracy and Social Ethics
“In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so as to elevate human life to a higher plane... It refers to the attainment of both material well-being and the elevation of the human spirit, [but] since what produces man's well-being and refinement is knowledge and virtue, civilization ultimately means the progress of man's knowledge and virtue.” MenHumansWellsMeanSpiritVirtueProgressProduceMaterialsHigherComfortCivilizationWell BeingPlanesHuman LifeBroadsHuman SpiritAttainmentRefinementCultivationElevationRefining Author:Fukuzawa Yukichi
“If every man would make his prime concern the comfort and well-being of his wife and every wife make her chief concern the comfort and well-being of her husband, we would have very little divorce in the land.” IfsMenWellsLittlesWifeLandComfortHusbandConcernDivorceEvery ManChiefsWell BeingPrime Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“In an age in which economists take for granted that people equate well-being with consumption, increasing numbers of people seem willing to trade certain freedoms and material comforts for a sense of immutable order and the rapture of faith.” PeopleWellsSeemsAgeCertainOrderNumbersWillingMaterialsComfortTradeGrantedWell BeingConsumptionEconomistRapture Book:The Future in Plain Sight: Nine Clues to the Coming Instability Source: The Future in Plain Sight: Nine Clues to the Coming Instability
“God delights in providing His people with material gain and comfort, although prosperity can pose a threat to spiritual well-being.” PeopleWellsSpiritualMaterialsComfortGainsThreatProsperityDelightWell BeingProviding Author:Max Anders
“When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as being people who have well being and comforts, I think it takes a very insensitive, tough person not to feel they need to do something.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsWellsLooksChildrenPersonsPovertyComfortToughHungryWell BeingAsiaInsensitiveMalnutritionLook At YourselfTough Person Author:Ratan Tata
“Anyone can live contentedly in circumstances of ease and comfort, health and well-being gratification and felicity; but to remain happy and contented in the face of difficulty, hardship and the onslaught of disease and sickness-this is an indication of nobility.” WellsFacesCircumstancesComfortDiseaseDifficultyWell BeingEaseSicknessHardshipNobilityGratificationIndicationFelicityBahaHappy And Contented Author:Abdu'l-Bahá