Quote by Richard Weaver

Absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay.

Absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of pres

Summary

This quote suggests that when individuals or societies become too comfortable or complacent, it is a clear indication that they are on the verge of decline or deterioration. This implies that when people indulge in an excessive state of ease and contentment, they may become less motivated or attentive to potential problems or challenges. It serves as a warning against becoming stagnant or disregarding the need for continuous growth and adaptation, as this can lead to a weakening of character or a decline in overall progress.

Topics

Laziness

By Richard Weaver

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Does this boat go to Europe, France?

Does this boat go to Europe, France?

Travel

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Sir Winston Churchill

Greatness & Great Things

When it comes to relationships; sometimes you get it right,

When it comes to relationships; sometimes you get it right, and sometimes it gets you right.

Love Relationships

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

Happiness Desire Satisfaction Joy

The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brain

The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.

Beauty

Nothing in life gives a man so much courage as the attainmen

Nothing in life gives a man so much courage as the attainment or renewal of the conviction that other people regard him with favor; because it means that everyone joins to give him help and protection, which is an infinitely stronger bulwark against the ills of life than anything he can do himself.

Arthur Schopenhauer, Position, I

Bravery

In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece?

In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made different? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Society and

Sculpture

It seemed that we loved each other better when there were la

It seemed that we loved each other better when there were large swaths of two continents between us. The daily work of love was often hard to perform at home.

Aleksandar Hemon

Love Relationships Distance

I quit doing the movies because the wrestling was going so g

I quit doing the movies because the wrestling was going so good and was so on fire during the '80s and '90s, but I was getting all these movie scripts.

Movies

A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and

A jack of both sides, is before long, trusted by nobody, and abused by both parties.

Loyalty

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wa

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

Kenneth L. Pike

Truth

One of the best lessons children learn through video games i

One of the best lessons children learn through video games is standing still will get them killed quicker than anything else.

Action(s)