“One of the fundamental demonstrations of our natural instinct to Bond with each other is a will to give. Rather than domination, our most basic urge is to reach out to another human being, even at a cost to ourselves. Giving to others-the urge to empathize, to be compassionate, and to help others altruistically-is not the exception to the rule, but our natural state of being. Our impulse to connect with each other has developed an automatic desire to do for others, even at personal cost. Altruism comes naturally to us. It is selfishness that is culturally conditioned and a sign of pathology.” InspirationalGivingHumansStatesHelpingDesireNaturalHuman BeingsCostFundamentalsInstinctHelping OthersSelfishnessImpulseExceptionUrgesCompassionateReach OutAltruismDominationDemonstrationPathologyGiving To OthersNatural InstinctSelf GivingException To The Rule Author:Lynne McTaggart
“Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks.” ImportantJobsEnergyNaturalHalfMillionsCreationCostBillsProductionsProtectionOilGasEfficiencyProvisionNew JobNatural GasFertilizerGas PricesBlackoutsOil Production Author:Paul Gillmor
“The natural proclivity of democratic governments is to pursue public policies which concentrate benefits on the well-organized and well-informed, and disperse the costs on the unorganized and ill-informed.” WellsGovernmentNaturalPolicyCostBenefitsDemocraticIllPursueOrganizedPublic PolicyDemocratic Government Author:Peter Boettke
“The city is not changing anything, ... increases in the cost of natural gas will be passed through to the customer.” NaturalCitiesCostIncreaseCustomersGasNatural Gas Author:Ruth Graham
“The laws of thermodynamics restrict all technologies, man's as well as nature's, and apply to all economic systems whether capitalist, communist, socialist, or fascist. We do not create or destroy (produce or consume) anything in a physical sense- we merely transform or rearrange. And the inevitable cost of arranging greater order in one part of the system (the human economy) is creating a more than offsetting amount of disorder elsewhere (the natural environment).” MenHumansWellsLawOrderNaturalTechnologyEconomyEnvironmentGreaterEconomicProduceAmountCostCreatingInevitableCommunistDisorderCapitalistElsewhereSocialistFascistsNatural EnvironmentEconomic SystemsArrangingThermodynamics Author:Herman E. Daly
“For as soon as the procreative faculty is thwarted and the number of births diminished, the natural struggle for existence which allows only healthy and strong individuals to survive is replaced by a sheer craze to 'save' feeble and even diseased creatures at any cost. And thus the seeds are sown for a human progeny which will become more and more miserable from one generation to another, as long as Nature's will is scorned.” HumansLongIndividualStrongNaturalNumbersExistenceStruggleGenerationsBirthHealthyCostCreaturesSeedsMiserableFacultySheerReplacedDiseasedScornedProgenyCrazeStruggle For ExistenceStrong Individuals Book:Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition) Source: Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)
“Polak, a psychiatrist, has applied a behavioral and anthropological approach to alleviating poverty, developed by studying people in their natural surroundings. He argues that there are three mythic solutions to poverty eradication: donations, national economic growth, and big businesses. Instead, he advocates helping the poor earn money through their own efforts of developing low-cost tools that are effective and profitable.” PeopleHelpingBigsThreeGrowthNaturalPoorEffortPovertyStudyEconomicCostApproachSolutionsLowsToolsArguingDevelopingSurroundingsProfitableEconomic GrowthPsychiatristBig BusinessDonationSolutions To Poverty Author:Amy Lockwood
“But the macro-economy is not the Whole. It too is a Part, a part of the larger natural economy, the ecosphere, and its growth does inflict opportunity costs on the finite Whole that must be counted.” DoeWholeOpportunityGrowthNaturalEconomyCostFiniteMacroOpportunity Cost Author:Herman E. Daly
“I do remain optimistic that one day the world will realise that carbon dioxide is more of a friend than an enemy to the earth's flora and fauna, and I do seriously believe that, given the extraordinary complexity of the natural forces controlling our climate, which have done so for millions of years, the only sensible policy response to the natural process of climate change is prudent and cost-effective adaptation.” WorldYearsBelieveDoneEarthGivenForceProcessNaturalEnemyMillionsPolicyOne DayCostClimateResponseExtraordinaryClimate ChangeOptimisticComplexityRealisingSensibleCarbonAdaptationPrudentCarbon DioxideFloraFlora And Fauna Author:Nick Minchin
“Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle never ends, but this is natural.” EndsNaturalQualityStruggleProductsCostProfitCustomersDuesPursueHigh QualityContractorDue Time Author:Vladimir Putin
“The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.” MenWantLiteratureWishNaturalAbilityCommonMistakeCostSucceedDeserveAcquireCondemnationCommon Things Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop.” ThinkingWellsChildrenHardEnoughEyeYoungValuesNaturalWealthCasesDevelopmentCostFameAbuseProsperityWell BeingChild AbusePublic Eye Author:Alanis Morissette
“Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our greatest earliest natural resources, which must be preserved at all cost.” ThinkingHumorNaturalSeriousHairCostResourcesSeriousnessNatural ResourcesSerious ThingsResource Depletion Author:James Thurber
“Millions of Americans today are taking dietary supplements, practicing yoga and integrating other natural therapies into their lives. These are all preventive measures that will keep them out of the doctor's office and drive down the costs of treating serious problems like heart disease and diabetes.” HeartProblemTodayNaturalMillionsSeriousCostOfficeDiseaseYogaDoctorsTherapyIntegratingDiabetesSupplementsHeart Disease Author:Andrew Weil
“Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.” HumansNaturalLibertyRightsBloodCostHuman RightsPatriotRedeemedUnalienable Rights Book:Starship Troopers Source: Starship Troopers
“War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have realized something else. War is not a natural state. It is an imposition, and a damned unhealthy one. With its rules, we willingly yield our humanity. Speak not of just causes, worthy goals. We are takers of life.” WarStatesHandsHumanitySpeakCausesGoalNaturalMy OwnKnownCostUnderstoodWorthyThis DayYieldUnhealthyImposition Author:Steven Erikson