“Money is the most important subject intellectual persons can investigate and reflect upon. It is so important that our present civilization may collapse unless it is widely understood and its defects remedied very soon.” WorldMayPersonsImportantMoneySubjectsCivilizationIntellectualUnderstoodCollapseDefectsMonetaryNew World Order Author:Robert W. Hemphill
“Western civilization has not yet learned the lesson that the energy we expend in 'getting things done' is less important than the moral strength it takes to decide what is worth doing and what is right to do.” ImportantDoneEnergyMoralCivilizationLessonsWesternPrioritiesThings DoneWestern CivilizationGetting Things DoneMoral Strength Book:Best of Sydney J. Harris Source: Best of Sydney J. Harris
“It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations. It is essential for the growth of reason that as individuals we should bow to forces and obey principles which we cannot hope fully to understand, yet on which the advance and even the preservation of civilization depend.” ShouldHumansMayImportantReasonIndividualForceDifficultGrowthPrinciplesDependsCivilizationProveEssentialsTasksLimitationBowsPreservationHuman Reason Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Our civilization is first and foremost a civilization of means; in the reality of modern life, the means, it would seem, are more important than the ends.” FirstsMeanImportantEndsRealitySeemsModernCivilizationModern Life Book:Presence in the Modern World: A New Translation Source: Presence in the Modern World: A New Translation
“Economics is important because it's possible to buy the places that are necessary to live in relative inaccessibility and seclusion, or to move with a bit of style and chicness into the middle of civilization.” ImportantMovingSuccessBitsCareersMiddleStyleBuddhismCivilizationEconomicsRelativeSeclusion Author:Frederick Lenz