“Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of human activities, in habits and practices. And each change in the actions of those affected in the first instance will require further adjustments that will gradually extend through the whole of society. Every change thus in a sense creates a "problemfor society, even though no single individual perceives it as such; it is gradually "solvedby the establishment of a new overall adjustment.” FirstsHumansKindWholeUseActionIndividualPracticeSocietyConditionsHabitActivityResourcesInstancePerceiveAffectedEstablishmentAdjustmentHuman Activity Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“To attain individual morality in an age demanding social morality, to pride one's self on the results of personal effort when the time demands social adjustment, is utterly to fail to apprehend the situation.” SelfAgeIndividualSocialResultsEffortSituationFailingPrideMoralityDemandAdjustmentIndividual Morality Book:Democracy and Social Ethics Source: Democracy and Social Ethics
“If they [women] are to be integrated more fully into our society than has been the case so far, changes in individual attitudes of both men and women, adjustments in the labor market, and action by public authorities, will all be necessary.” IfsMenHas BeensActionIndividualAttitudeCasesAuthorityMen And WomenLaborOur SocietyAdjustmentIntegrated Book:Women's Two Roles: Home and Work Source: Women's Two Roles: Home and Work
“To become a person does not necessarily mean to be well adjusted, well adapted, approved of by others. It means to become who you are. We are meant to become more eccentric, more peculiar, more odd. We are not meant just to fit in. We are here to be different. We are here to be the individual.” WellsMeanPersonsDoeDifferentIndividualDifferencesFitWho You AreIndividualityOddBeing YourselfMeant To BePeculiarAdjustmentFittingEccentricBeing DifferentAdaptedApprovedIndividual Differences Author:James Hollis