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Elise M. Boulding Biography

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Elise M. Boulding was a renowned author known for her contributions to peace studies, gender studies, and international relations. Her work delved deeply into conflict resolution, feminist peace theory, and cross-cultural dialogue.

Humans Eating Universal Response Meals Fasting Agape Feasting

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“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 the life of our bodies; shared with others it can be an occasion of joy and communion, uniting people deeply.”

People Moments Body Joy Simple Our Lives Activity Eating Fundamentals Occasions Meals Communion Maintaining Intersections Uniting

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“I have long been convinced that families are the primary agents of social change in any society.”

Long Social Family Convinced Agents Primaries Social Change

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“Why is it that we are born remembering, and live forgetting?”

Remember Born Forget

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“When three generations are present in a family, one of them is bound to be revolutionary.”

Three Generations Bounds Revolutionary Three Generations

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“Storytelling bridges the generational gaps in ideology.”

Storytelling Ideology Bridges Gaps

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.”

“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, the water - if very young children don't begin learning about these things literally in their houses, backyards, streets and schools. We need to have human beings who are oriented that way from their earliest memories.”

“The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.”

“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.”

Humans War Culture Peace Human Beings Learning Violence Anti War Inherent

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“Peace cultures thrive on and are nourished by visions of how things might be, in a world where sharing and caring are part of the accepted lifeways for everyone.”

World Might Culture Vision Acceptance Caring Accepted Thrive Sharing And Caring

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“We must look towards societies that set a high value on nonaggression and noncompetitive ness, and therefore handle conflicts by nonviolent means. We can see how child rearing patterns produce nurturing adult behaviors.”

Looks Mean Children Values Produce Conflict Behavior Adults Patterns Handle Nonviolence Nurturing Child Rearing

Author:Elise M. Boulding

“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.”

“For the real difference between happiness and joy is that one is grounded in this world, the other in eternity. Happiness cannot encompass suffering and evil. Joy can. Happiness depends on the present. Joy leaps into the future and triumphantly creates a new present out of it.”

World Real Joy Suffering Evil Differences This World Depends Eternity Leap Grounded Joy And Happiness Quaker

Author:Elise M. Boulding

About the Author

Born: July 6, 1920
Died: June 24, 2010
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Quotes: 14

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