“So long as we continued to attach more importance to our own narrow group membership than to the 'global village' we would propagate prejudice and ignorance. There was absolutely no harm in being part of a small group - indeed, with our hunter-gatherer band mentality it gave comfort, provided us with an inner circle of friends who could be utterly trusted, who were absolutely reliable. It helped give us peace of mind. The danger came only from drawing that sharp line, digging that ditch, laying that minefield, between our own group and any other group that thought differently.” GivingMindLongLinesGroupsDangerIgnoranceComfortBandImportancePrejudiceHarmDrawingCirclesPeace Of MindVillageMentalityTrustedHuntersDiggingMembershipSmall GroupsCircle Of FriendsGlobal VillageMinefieldsHunter Gatherers Author:Jane Goodall
“The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, essentially, abnormal.” PeopleThinkingSeemsLevelsAchieveIgnoranceComfortHorrorNormalLowsAverageMediocreSinkingAbnormalProximityLow LevelAbnormality Book:the Human Mind Source: the Human Mind
“That's exactly what I'm driving at. 'Basterds' was interesting because it was, in a way, unfamiliar. I thought well, OK. Let's leave the comfort zone and just risk it. Why not? Because, exactly as you said, in a way, by taking that risk, I make up a little bit for my ignorance in the subject, or rather, the genre.” WayWellsLittlesSaidBitsInterestingRiskSubjectsIgnoranceComfortLittle BitDrivingGenreZoneWhy NotComfort ZoneUnfamiliarRisk It Author:Christoph Waltz
“But I am living in the midst of the uncertainty and risk, amid things that can and do bring physical destruction, because I am running from things that can destroy my soul: complacency, comfort, and ignorance. I am much more terrified of living a comfortable life in a self-serving society and failing to follow Jesus than I am of any illness or tragedy.” SoulSelfRunningJesusFailingRiskIgnoranceComfortComfortableDestructionTragedyIllnessMy SoulUncertaintyMidstServingTerrifiedComplacencySelf ServingComfortable Life Author:Katie Davis
“The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business of one's life is to help in some small way to reduce the sum of ignorance, degradation and misery on the face of this beautiful earth.” WayHelpingActionEarthBeautifulFacesLife IsFallCompassionIgnoranceComfortMiseryDegradationFall BackBeautiful Earth Book:George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus Source: George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus
“I ultimately decided to hold my tongue and settle instead for the comfort of ignorance. Not knowing the truth, I retained hope, and that hope I held like a smooth warm stone against my heart.” HeartKnowingIgnoranceMy HeartComfortStonesDecidedWarmTongueSettlingNot KnowingSmoothKnowing The Truth Book:Princess Ben Source: Princess Ben
“Economic development over the past two centuries has taken most of humanity from lives that were brutal, ignorant and short, to personal health and security, material comfort and knowledge that were unknown to the elites of the wealthiest and most powerful societies in earlier times.” TwoPastHumanityWealthPowerfulKnowledgeEconomyTakenEnvironmentEconomicCenturySecurityIgnoranceMaterialsDevelopmentComfortEconomicsIgnorantMost PowerfulElitesBrutalOver The PastEconomic DevelopmentPersonal Health Author:Ross Garnaut