“It happens from time to time in every complex and active society, that certain persons feel the complexity and insistence as a tangle, and seek freedom in retirement, as Thoreau sought at Walden Pond. They do not, however, in this manner escape from the social institutions of their time, nor do they really mean to do so; what they gain, if they are successful, is a saner relation to them.” IfsFeelsMeanPersonsHappensCertainSocialSuccessfulGainsRelationInstitutionsComplexesActiveComplexityRetirementReally MeanPondsInsistenceSocial InstitutionsWalden Pond Book:Human Nature and the Social Order Source: Human Nature and the Social Order
“Justification, in terms of the broadening of freedom, for any particular form of institution of property must be argued in terms of whether the losses caused by the restrictions imposed are greater or less than the gains derived from the elimination of costly conflict.” FormTermLossGreaterParticularConflictGainsInstitutionsPropertyJustificationRestrictionElimination Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“When institutions are endowed to train women for all departments connected with the family state, domestic labor, now so shunned and disgraced, will become honorable, will gain liberal compensation, and will enable every woman to secure an independence in employments suited to her sex. And when this is attained, there will be few or none who wish to enter the professions of men or take charge of civil government.” MenStatesGovernmentWishSexGainsLaborIndependenceInstitutionsTrainConnectedProfessionEmploymentSecureDepartmentHonorableCompensation Author:Catharine Beecher
“The Roman Catholic Church is an institution for whose gains the phrase "ill-gotten" might have been specially invented. And of all its money-making rip-offs, the selling of indulgences must surely rank among the greatest con tricks in history, the medieval equivalent of the Nigerian Internet scam but far more successful.” Has BeensMightChurchSuccessfulInternetGainsCatholicInstitutionsIllTricksSellingMaking MoneyPhrasesMight Have BeenRipIndulgenceMedievalCatholic ChurchScamsRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Richard Dawkins
“If you destroy the credibility of those people or institutions that could undermine your own, you create an opportunity for your voice, however irresponsible or misleading it may be, to gain traction.” PeopleIfsMayOpportunityVoiceGainsInstitutionsCredibilityMisleadIrresponsibleTraction Author:John Yarmuth
“Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we were eight years ago, they have been devaluing our assets, turning a unique institution into just another entertainment company.” YearsHas BeensValuesTermCompanyCreatingUniqueGainsYears AgoManagementInstitutionsEntertainmentEightDespiteAssetsShort TermShareholders Author:Roy O. Disney
“Some [people] think that there is a central organization responsible for all the institutions they wrongly think affiliated with me. They ignore the zeal of many to serve humanity and to gain God's good pleasure in doing so. They ignore people's generosity. Such misunderstandings may lead others to have suspicions about the financial resources of the schools.” PeopleThinkingMaySchoolHumanityPleasureGainsResourcesOrganizationResponsibleInstitutionsFinancialGenerositySuspicionMisunderstandingZealFinancial ResourcesIgnoring People Author:Fethullah Gulen