“Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they should aim at. It is a science of the means to be applied for attainment of ends chosen, not, to be sure, a science of the choosing of ends. Ultimate decisions, the valuations and the choosing of ends, are beyond the scope of any science. Science never tells a man how he should act; it merely shows how a man must act if he wants to attain definite ends.” PeopleIfsMenWantShouldMeanEndsShowsValuesDecisionEconomicsTasksUltimateAimChosenJudgementDefiniteScopeTheoreticalAttainmentValuation Book:Human Action Source: Human Action
“Rhesus monkeys as well as human adults and older children living in a remote Amazon village have been given comparison and addition tasks using arrays of dots, and they show the same abilities we find in 5- year- old Boston children.” YearsHumansWellsChildrenHas BeensShowsGivenAbilityAdultsTasksComparisonVillageMonkeysBostonAmazonDots Author:Elizabeth Spelke
“In our society competitive capitalism has put family life and working life on a collision course.In Canada statistics show that over 70 percent of the burden of caring for children, the aged, the disabled and the sick falls on women most of whom receive no pay for these very essential tasks.Normally speaking, it may be said that the forces of capitalism, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and thus increase the gap between them.” IfsMayChildrenSaidShowsFallCoursesLeftForcePoorPayRichEssentialsPercentCapitalismTasksSickIncreaseBurdenCaringCanadaOur SocietyStatisticsGapsFamily LifeDisabledCollisionChild CareWorking Life Author:Jawaharlal Nehru
“We all like to look forward to things. Incentivize yourself with a reward—a massage, dinner with a friend, a night watching your favorite show, a yoga class on Saturday morning. Visualizing a reward at the end of the to-do tunnel may help with reaching goals/completing tasks.” LooksMayEndsHelpingShowsNightGoalClassMorningYogaTasksRewardsDinnerReachingSaturdayTunnelsMassageYour FavoriteCompletingVisualizingSaturday MorningReaching Goals Author:Samantha Ettus
“So long as men shall be on earth, there will be tasks for them to do. Some way for them to show their worth. Each day shall bring its problems new. And men shall dream of mightier deeds than ever have been done before. There always shall be human needs for men to work and struggle for.” MenWayNeedsHumansLongHas BeensDoneShowsProblemDreamEarthStruggleTasksDeedsEach DayHuman Needs Author:Edgar Guest
“I think that the task of philosophy is not to provide answers, but to show how the way we perceive a problem can be itself part of a problem.” ThinkingWayPhilosophyShowsProblemAnswersTasksPerceive Author:Slavoj Žižek
“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God, who will thwart our plans and frustrate our ways time and again, even daily, by sending people across our path with their demands and requests. We can, then, pass them by, preoccupied with our important daily tasks, just as the priest-perhaps reading the Bible-passed by the man who had fallen among robbers. When we do that, we pass by the visible sign of the Cross raised in our lives to show us that God’s way, and not our own, is what counts.” PeopleMenWayImportantShowsReadingPathOur LivesPlansHe ManReadyDemandCrossesTasksRaisedFallenVisiblePriestsRequestInterruptedRobbersReading The BibleDaily Tasks Book:Life Together: Prayerbook of the Bible Source: Life Together: Prayerbook of the Bible