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“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.”

Firsts Humans Kind Whole Use Action Individual Practice Society Conditions Habit Activity Resources Instance Perceive Affected Establishment Adjustment Human Activity

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“Man in society is like a flow'r, Blown in its native bed. 'Tis there alone His faculties expanded in full bloom Shine out, there only reach their proper use.”

Men Use Society Bed Flow Shining Native Faculty

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Source: .) (1819).

“The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.”

People Way Mean Use Society Rose Best Way Risen Persuading Social Status

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection.”

Men Use Society Comfort Protection

Author:Francis Bacon

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.”

Mean Use Fear Enemy Society Discovery Clever State Of Mind Halloween Observing Fear Of Failure Overcoming Fear True Believer Overcoming Failure Hate And Fear

Book:The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms

Source: The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms

“You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.”

Way Country Use Fun Stars Society Food Culinary Funny Travel Joints This Society Burgers Navigators Culinary Love

Author:Charles Kuralt

“Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that men as members of civilized society can pursue their individual ends so much more successfully than they could alone.”

Men May Ends Use Individual Knowledge Society Achieve Particular Civilization Members Profit Pursue Civilized Civilized Society

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“I know what it feels like to be hurt,and I don't want to cause that pain to any other person or creature. But somehow, in society, we numb ourselves in order to make money or to feel better about ourselves, such as with cosmetics or food. We say to ourselves, I'm going to use this animal. I'm going to say it doesn't have much worth so that I can allow myself to do these cruel things. And that just isn't fair.”

Knows Want Feels Persons I Can Use Pain Order Causes Hurt Animal Society Creatures Fairs Making Money Vegetarian Animal Rights Feel Better Numb Cosmetics Vegan Food

Author:Alicia Silverstone

“No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we have found it. The real conflict is the inner conflict. Beyond armies of occupation and the hecatombs [e.g. the sacrifice of many victims] of extermination camps, there are two irreconcilable enemies in the depth of every soul: good and evil, sin and love. And what use are the victories on the battlefield if we ourselves are defeated in our innermost personal selves?”

“A lawyer’s either a social engineer or … a parasite on society … A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive lawyer who [understands] the Constitution of the United States and [knows] how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens.”

“The fruits of the earth do not more obviously require labor and cultivation to prepare them for our use and subsistence, than our faculties demand instruction and regulation in order to qualify us to become upright and valuable members of society, useful to others, or happy ourselves.”

Use Earth Happiness Order Society Demand Members Labor Fruit Valuable Preparation Faculty Instruction Regulation Cultivation Subsistence

Author:Isaac Barrow

“Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.”

Use Social Results Creativity Society Contribution

Book:Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

“Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.”

Use Society Century Twentieth Century Caffeine

Author:Greg Egan

“The success of a party means little except when the nation is using that party for a large and definite purpose. No one can mistake the purpose for which the nation now seeks to use the Democratic party. It seeks to use it to interpret a change in its own plans and point of view.”

Mean Littles Use Purpose Politics Nations Views Party Plans Society Politician Point Of View Definite

Author:Woodrow Wilson