“Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or the technology is rejected... We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature.” HumansSpiritualWonderTechnologyHuman NatureMaterialsBalanceDemandResponseRejectedNew Technology Author:John Naisbitt
“We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.” NeedsWisdomRealityActionEasyCommunityLeadershipForgetHuman NatureHealthBalanceReflectionIdeologyDistractionPauses Author:Queen Elizabeth II
“I have a feeling-as compelling as a religious conviction-that if industry will constantly pass on to the worker and the customer all the savings of labor-saving machinery and invention, rather than siphon them off into the pools of watered securities, it will by that process keep distribution and production in balance and go as far toward Utopia as our poor human natures will go or be driven.” IfsHumansFeelingsProcessReligiousPoorSecurityHuman NatureIndustryBalanceLaborWorkersProductionsConvictionCustomersDrivenInventionSavingPoolCompellingDistributionMachinerySavingsUtopia Author:Samuel B. Pettengill
“The richness and variety, and indeed the advance, of our culture depend upon the continuation of this conflict [between conservatives and radicals], which is deeply rooted in human nature.” HumansCultureGrowthHuman NatureDependsBalanceConflictRadicalVarietyRootedRichnessContinuation Author:Paul Johnson
“The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature's precarious balance, let alone the balance of our own human nature.” HumansHuman NatureBalanceProtectHarderDistanceSensesSpellsPrecariousProtect Nature Author:Diane Ackerman
“I had this radical idea that the police should obey the law. My view was that any human system without adequate checks and balances will tend towards corruption and abuse. That's why you have meat inspectors. Not because you hate butchers, but because of an understanding of human nature.” ShouldHumansIdeasLawHateUnderstandingViewsHuman NatureBalanceAbusePoliceCorruptionChecksRadicalMeatAdequateButchersInspectorsRadical Ideas Author:Van Jones
“Movements are powerful forces of human nature. But fashion has never been egalitarian. There needs to be a balance between aspiration and accessibility, curation and community.” CommunityPowerfulFashionHuman NatureBalanceAspiration Author:Summer Rayne Oakes
“Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment.” InspirationalNeedsHumansSelfMomentsMotivationalSuccessCausesLosesDealsSuccessfulHuman NatureHumilityBalanceDisciplineCommitmentAccomplishmentSelf DisciplineBecoming SuccessfulGreatest AccomplishmentSlacking Author:Ross Perot
“Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world” WorldHumansMeanNatureNaturalEconomyKnowingEnvironmentHuman NatureBalanceDelicateHumankindEcologyNatural WorldNatural Environment Author:Satish Kumar
“There is not the same willingness to admit that our desires and should be our own likewise, or that to possess impulses of our own, and of any strength, is anything but a peril and a snare. Yet desires and impulses are as much a part of a perfect human being as beliefs and restraints; and strong impulses are only perilous when not properly balanced.” DesireHuman NatureBalancePerfectionBeliefsRestraintUtilitarianismImpulses Book:On Liberty Source: On Liberty