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“Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats on wits and arts, and oft destroys them both.”

Art Lying Dies Sleep Common Security Wit Ease Buried Careless Sloth Moths

Book:Ben Jonson

Source: Ben Jonson

“Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle. Modern methods of production have given us the possibility of ease and security for all; we have chosen, instead, to have overwork for some and starvation for the others. Hitherto we have continued to be as energetic as we were before there were machines; in this we have been foolish, but there is no reason to go on being foolish for ever.”

Source: In Praise of Idleness

“The first Rudiments of Morality, broach'd by skilful Politicians, to render Men useful to each other as well as tractable, were chiefly contrived that the Ambitious might reap the more Benefit from, and govern vast Numbers of them with the greater Ease and Security.”

Men Firsts Wells Might Numbers Greater Security Politician Morality Benefits Ease Ambitious Reap

Book:The Fable of the Bees

Source: The Fable of the Bees

“We should know that Allah has created us to live an eternal life with no death, a life of pride and ease with no humiliation, a life of security with no fear, a life of richness with no poverty, a life of joy with no pain, a life of perfection with no flaws. Allah is testing us in this world with a life that will end in death, a life of pride that is accompanied by humiliation and degradation, a life that is tainted by fear, where joy and ease are mixed with sorrow and pain.”

Knows World Should Ends Pain Joy Poverty Security This World Pride Sorrow Eternal Perfection Ease Flaws Humiliation Testing No Fear Richness Eternal Life Degradation No Pain Tainted

Author:Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

“It is the veiled angel of sorrow who plucks away one thing and another that bound us here in ease and security, and, in the vanishing of these dear objects, indicates the true home of our affections and our peace.”

Home One Thing Security Objects Sorrow Angel Bounds Dear Affection Ease Pluck Vanishing True Home

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“The form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best.”

Persons Government Form Numbers Society Security Comfort Degrees Communicate Ease One Word Forms Of Government

Book:The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections

Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections

“Upon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and moral philosophers will agree that the happiness of the individual is the end of man. From this principle it will follow that the form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest numbers of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best. All sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.”

Source: The Works of John Adams: Controversial papers of the Revolution (continued) Works on government

“In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.”

Mind Different Body Fighting Sides Levels Sun Security Kings Ease Peace Of Mind Highways Beggar

Author:Adam Smith

“Our answer is the world's hope; it is to rely on youth. The cruelties and the obstacles of this swiftly changing planet will not yield to obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans. It cannot be moved by those who cling to a present which is already dying, who prefer the illusion of security to the excitement and danger which comes with even the most peaceful progress. This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease...”

“Financial security puts me at ease and makes me reel good about my future”

Security Financial Ease My Future Financial Security

Author:Louise Hay

“Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.”

World Needs Results Quality Moral Struggle Security Ease Good Nature

Book:In Praise of Idleness

Source: In Praise of Idleness

“We now have a national security consideration, public health issues, we have an epidemic of heroine overdoses in all places in this country because of the ease of bringing heroine in. We have to secure the border.”

Country Issues Security Secure Ease Borders Consideration National Security Epidemics Heroines Public Health Overdose Health Issues

Author:Jeb Bush

“Forget fashion, dress for comfort and for ease of getting through security, so no hats, belts or unnecessary accessories.”

Forget Security Fashion Comfort Dresses Ease Hats Unnecessary Belts Accessories

Author:David Harewood