“For a lot of kids, the Boys and Girls Club is really a sanctuary, an oasis of sanity and safety for them because their home life is so tragic. Some of these kids have only one parent, and that one is addicted to drugs.” HomeKidsLife IsGirlParentBoysDrugSafetyClubsTragicSanitySanctuaryBoy And GirlOasisHome Life Author:Judge Reinhold
“The world is a dysfunctional place in so many ways. It is unstable. So even though that chaos can be reflected in our own homes, I suppose we have to fight that by creating our own versions of safety, which can also turn into ignoring the state of the world.” WorldWayStatesHomeTurnsFightingCreatingSafetyChaosVersionsUnstable Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“Democracy...is a society in which the unbeliever feels undisturbed and at home. If there were only a half dozen unbelievers in America, their well-being would be a test of our democracy.” IfsFeelsWellsHomeWould BeAmericaHalfDemocracyTestsSafetyWell BeingDozenUnbelievers Author:Alfred North Whitehead
“What really does work to increase the feeling of having a home and its comforts is housekeeping. Housekeeping creates cleanliness, order, regularity, beauty, the conditions for health and safety, and a good place to do and feel all the things you wish and need to do and feel in your home. Whether you live alone or with a spouse, parents, and ten children, it is your housekeeping that makes your home alive, that turns it into a small society in its own right, a vital place with its own ways and rhythms, the place where you can be more yourself than you can be anywhere else.” WayNeedsFeelsChildrenDoeFeelingsHomeOrderTurnsWishParentAliveConditionsComfortTenIncreaseSafetyRhythmSpouseCleanlinessGood PlaceRegularityHousekeepingHealth And Safety Author:Cheryl Mendelson
“Faith is the backbone of the social and the foundation of the commercial fabric; remove faith between man and man, and society and commerce fall to pieces. There is not a happy home on earth but stands on faith; our heads are pillowed on it, we sleep at night in its arms with greater security for the safety of our lives, peace, and prosperity than bolts and bars can give.” MenGivingHomeEarthNightFaithFallSocialSleepGreaterPiecesOur LivesSecurityArmsSafetyFoundationProsperityBarsRemoveCommerceFabricBoltsBackboneHappy Home Author:Thomas Guthrie
“No genuine observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift.” HomeNationsSafetyGenuineObserversThrift Author:J. G. Holland