“If you are seeking the comforts of religion rather than the glory of our Lord, you are on the wrong track. The Comforter meets us unsought in the path of duty.”

“Ward off the comforted path paved smooth to allow a glide. Rather challenge one’s instincts by traveling the primitive and unexplored. Then, will you grow.”

“I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.”

“Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.”

“The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good.”

“Glory in hardship, sloth in comfort lies.”

“To avenge a wrong done to you, is to rob yourself of the comfort of crying out against the injustice of it.”

“In a culture, you can choose fear or love. It’s been my experience and my observation that humans on this planet feel more comfortable with fear rather than love and openness… I do know what history tells us about humans. And humans, they actually don’t feel very comfortable with openness and freedom.”

“McDonald: Now a lot of people find great comfort from religion. Not everybody is as you are – well-favored, handsome, wealthy, with a good job, happy family life. I mean, your life is good – not everybody's life is good, and religion brings them comfort.Dawkins: There are all sorts of things that would be comforting. I expect an injection of morphine would be comforting – it might be more comforting, for all I know. But to say that something is comforting is not to say that it's true.”

“Make your office comfortable for you, and optionally comfortable for others.”