Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
War is not inherent in human beings. We learn war and we learn peace. The culture of peace is something which is learned, just as violence is learned and war culture is learned. — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
War is not inherent in human beings. We learn war and we learn peace. The culture of peace is something which is learned, just… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
We must look towards societies that set a high value on nonaggression and noncompetitive ness, and therefore handle conflicts by nonviolent means. We can… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
We're never going to have respectful and reverential relationships with the planet- and sensible policies about what we put in the air, the soil,… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
I have long been convinced that families are the primary agents of social change in any society. — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
Fasting and feasting are universal human responses, and any meal, shared with love, can be an agape. — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
For the real difference between happiness and joy is that one is grounded in this world, the other in eternity. Happiness cannot encompass suffering… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
When three generations are present in a family, one of them is bound to be revolutionary. — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's activities, maintaining… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
Peace cultures thrive on and are nourished by visions of how things might be, in a world where sharing and caring are part of… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
