Kenneth Boulding

"The test of a truly educated person is whether they can change their mind."

"In any community, there are likely to be as many formulations of ethical problems as there are individuals."

"We are living in a world that is governed not by the laws of physics but by the laws of information."

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's."

"The greatest danger is not that our aim is too high and we fail, but that it is too low and we succeed."

"All of life is allocation of scarce resources among competing uses."

"The concept of mutual deterrence seems almost obscene as a principle of peace."

"People are not really motivated by money; they are motivated by meaning."

"The most important thing about any organization is the image or vision that people have of it."

"Creative activity could presumably be looked upon as a technique for the discovery of reality."

"In the real world, it is not the truth that matters, but what people believe to be true."

"The economist is a sort of scientist who sees something working in practice and wonders if it would work in principle."

"Freedom is something that every human being desperately wants to feel."

"The first law of thermodynamics says you can't win; the second law says you can't break even."

"What might be called the American idea is that we try to maintain a system of checks and balances."

"The world is not a stage; it is an event."

"Stability of the human world depends upon the stability of our image of the future."

"Nothing is really wasted if one can think about it correctly."

"The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is a remarkably powerful drive."

"Art is the language of ultimate concern."

"Democracy requires that we hold our opinions lightly."

"The basis of any social system is the image of the future held in the minds of the people."

"A society is dying if it cannot inspire its young people."

"We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality."

"The degree to which I can create problems is the degree to which I am alive."

"Prayer is the enemy of fear."

"What we believe to be true is far more important than what actually is true."

"The secret of life is that there is no secret."

"Unpredictable change is the only constant in our universe."

"One of the great challenges of systems thinking is to see the invisible."