Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[The integrative system] deals with such matters as respect, legitimacy, community, friendship, affection, love, and of course their opposites, across a broad… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The human condition can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all experiences are of the past, all decisions are… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Economic progress means the discovery and application of better ways of doing things to satisfy our wants. The piping of water to… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Any attempt to reduce the complex properties of biological organisms or of nervous systems or of human brains to simple physical and… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The only religion that still demands human sacrifice is nationalism. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The evolutionary vision is agnostic in regard to systems in the universe of greater complexity than those of which human beings have… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
As far as many statistical series that are related to activities of mankind are concerned, the date that divides human history into… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The social dynamics of human history, even more than that of biological evolution, illustrate the fundamental principle of ecological evolution - that… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The troubles of the 20th century are not unlike those of adolescence -- rapid growth beyond the ability of organizations to manage,… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
In 1859 the human race discovered a huge treasure chest in its basement. This was oil and gas, a fantastically cheap and… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Human artifacts not only include material structures and objects, such as buildings, machines, and automobiles, but they also include organizations, organizational structures… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
No science of any kind can be divorced from ethical considerations... Science is a human learning process which arises in certain subcultures… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The human experience can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all decisions are of the past, all decisions are… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[In science any model depends on a pre-chosen taxonomy] a set of classifications into which we divide the enormous complexity of the real world...… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
If we saw tomorrow's newspaper today, tomorrow would never happen. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
It is clear that the building of models is not a purely mechanical process but requires skill of a high order - not merely… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Even personal tastes are learned, in the matrix of a culture or a subculture in which we grow up, by very much the same… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Humble, honest, ignorance is one of the finest flowers of the human spirit — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[The question for the behavioral disciplines is simply] what is better, and how do we get there? — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
[Even the mechanism can be endowed with an image. Thus] the thermostat has an image of the outside world in the shape of information… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have their own… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image