“There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages, when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals.” YearsAgeMiddleThirdsHolidayLeisureFestivalsIdlenessMiddle Ages Author:Ralph Borsodi
“Modern problems proliferate and remain unsolved because we spend so much time trying to deal with societal and world problems without first dealing with family and community problems. If we organized for normal families and communities - if these two groups provided the functions they are designed for - world problems would diminish and fade out in two or three generations.” IfsWorldTryingFirstsTwoProblemThreeCommunityDealsGenerationsGroupsModernNormalFunctionOrganizedFadesDiminishWorld ProblemsThree GenerationsNormal Family Author:Ralph Borsodi
“Man is a gregarious animal. He's not supposed to live in isolation. He should actually live in a community, but a community does not necessarily have to be a city. There's all the evidence in the world that the building of cities is one of the worst mistakes that mankind has ever made: For both physical and mental health we've got to be close to Mother Earth.” MenWorldShouldDoeMadeEarthMotherCommunityAnimalCitiesMistakeWorstMankindBuildingEvidenceMental HealthIsolationMother EarthGregarious Author:Ralph Borsodi
“But there's more than just solving the how-to problems. I've often said that if we're going to have a real rural renaissance, I'd just take the solving of the how-to problems for granted. The first thing I'd provide would be festivals.” IfsFirstsSaidRealProblemWould BeFriendshipCommunityJusticeGrantedFestivalsRenaissance Author:Ralph Borsodi
