"Growth is widely thought to be the panacea for all the major economic ills of the modern world."

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Source : Herman E. Daly (2007). “Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development”, p.12, Edward Elgar Publishing

Herman E. Daly

#Growth Quotes #World Quotes #Modern Quotes

“Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from the expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear-and doubt. Self-discipline allows a pitcher to feel his individuality, his inner strength, his talent. He is master of, rather than a slave to, his thoughts and emotions.”
“The Lord has never indicated that black skin came because of being less faithful. Now, the Indian; we know why he has changed, don't we? The Book of Mormon tells us that; and he has a dark skin, but he has promise there that through faithfulness, that they all again become a white and delightsome people.”
“I would love to have children some day. I'd like little gay boys. That would be good.”
“We live in a world of increasing dependence on electronic records and retrieval, unprecedented security and preservation concerns, and insufficient attention to civic and democratic education.”
“A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion.”
“In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the term Goods for that purpose.”
“Young people today have lots of experience ... interacting with new technologies, but a lot less so of creating [or] expressing themselves with new technologies. It's almost as if they can read but not write.”
“I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.”

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