“As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that there were, likewise, laws that govern human wellbeing. It seemed to me that these laws are fundamental not only to the wellbeing of societies, but also to the miniature societies of organizations. Indeed, that is what we found when we began to apply these principles systematically at Koch Industries. Through our observation of how they could create prosperity in an organization, I began to systematize my beliefs into Market-Based Management.” WorldHumansLawFoundBeliefRealizingNaturalCompanyPrinciplesStudyIndustryUnderstoodOrganizationManagementFundamentalsProsperityObservationFixedEngineersNatural WorldWellbeingMiniatures Author:Charles Koch
“The fact that so many people choose to live in ways that narrow the community of fate to a very limited set of others and to define the rest as threatening to their way of life and values is deeply worrying because this contemporary form of tribalism, and the ideologies that support it, enable them to deny complex and more crosscutting mutual interdependencies-local, national, and international-and to elude their own role in creating long-term threats to their own wellbeing and that of others.” PeopleWayLongFactsFormValuesTermCommunityRolesWorrySupportFateCreatingThreatComplexesInternationalDenyLocalsContemporaryIdeologyLong TermMutualThreateningWellbeingEludeTribalism Author:Margaret Levi
“There are some things we can control and others we simply cannot. And our ability to distinguish between them is critical to our happiness and wellbeing. Sometimes unexpected stuff will happen to us or around us. Our true power lies in our response.” SometimesHappensLyingStuffAbilityResponseCriticalUnexpectedWellbeingTrue Power Author:Clifton Anderson
“The Nazi leaders….treated Germany like a conquered land, a colony to be used and abused without consideration, to be exploited to the full, and its national spirit, happiness and wellbeing to be sedulously ignored” UsedSpiritLeaderLandTreatedGermanyConsiderationNaziIgnoredWellbeingColonyUsed And Abused Book:Germany: Jekyll and Hyde : an eyewitness analysis of Nazi Germany Source: Germany: Jekyll and Hyde : an eyewitness analysis of Nazi Germany
“I'm into wellbeing, not because of social pressures to look a certain way, but because I'm interested in living a long, full and healthy life.” WayLooksLongCertainSocialHealthyPressureWellbeingHealthy LifeSocial Pressure Author:Kelly Brook
“There is no more important measure of a people than how carefully and faithfully they attend to the wellbeing of their children. The CJC has it right. True justice begins today with the children, or there is no hope of justice tomorrow for the world.” PeopleWorldChildrenImportantTodayJusticeTomorrowWellbeingNo HopeTrue Justice Author:Barry Nolan
“To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is the solemn obligation which has been handed down by our imperial ancestors and which lies close to our heart.” WellsHeartHas BeensLyingNationsCommonSubjectsSecurityStriveProsperityObligationAncestorSolemnWellbeing Author:Hirohito
“I'm not interested in the wellbeing of society because society is a big lie. Where is society? I only see individual beings and only the individual can grow. Each one is enormous and tremendous in his own way-each one is unique.” WayWisdomBigsLyingIndividualGrowsUniqueEnormousNot InterestedWellbeing Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus.” IfsWayMadeProblemChoicesEasyPolicyImpactUnityOperationsGreekCrucialConsensusGreeceWellbeingCrossroadsWay Forward Author:Lucas Papademos
“Each of the seven chakras are governed by spiritual laws, principles of consciousness that we can use to cultivate greater harmony, happiness, and wellbeing in our lives and in the world.” WorldUseSpiritualLawConsciousnessPrinciplesGreaterOur LivesHarmonySevenWellbeingChakraSeven Chakras Author:Deepak Chopra
“The greatest contribution we can make to the wellbeing of those in our lives is to have peace in our own hearts.” HeartLife IsOur LivesContributionWellbeing Author:David Simon
“I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic wellbeing is deteriorating.” WhiteEconomicWorkersWellbeingDeteriorating Author:Andy Stern
“We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and arational.” MeanSelfFacesFormUsedCultureIndividualSidesDoubtMaterialsConflictReflectionPassionateRationalUsed To BeCollectivesIronicIrrationalSpontaneousAutonomyCivilisationWellbeingSelf-doubtIndividual Autonomy Author:Terry Eagleton
“Your true friends dont shy away from keeping you in check because your wellbeing is more important to them than even your friendship and they'd rather risk offending you than watch you harm yourself.” ImportantWatchesRiskHarmChecksShyMuslimTrue FriendWellbeingOffendingTrue Best Friend Author:Omar Suleiman
“Integrity is not about the action but its purpose. Are you doing it for everyone's wellbeing or for your own benefit?” LoveLifeActionPurposeMeditationIntegrityBenefitsLove LifeWellbeing Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“For wealth to translate into wellbeing, you need a spiritual element within you. Without that, your success will work against you.” LoveLifeNeedsSpiritualWealthMeditationElementsLove LifeWithin YouTranslateWellbeing Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“Once you have access to the source of creation within you, your health and wellbeing will naturally be taken care of.” CareSpiritualTakenCreationSourcePerceptionAccessClarityWithin YouWellbeingHealth And Wellbeing Author:Jaggi Vasudev
“This disease of being “busy” (and let’s call it what it is, the dis-ease of being busy, when we are never at ease) is spiritually destructive to our health and wellbeing. It saps our ability to be fully present with those we love the most in our families, and keeps us from forming the kind of community that we all so desperately crave.” KindCommunityAbilityDiseaseBusyEaseOur FamilyDestructiveCraveWellbeingSapThose We LoveBeing BusyHealth And Wellbeing Author:Omid Safi
“The sense of wellbeing! Its often with us When we are young, but then it's not noticed; And by the time one has grown to consciousness It comes less often.” YoungConsciousnessHealthWellbeing Book:The Elder Statesman Source: The Elder Statesman
“Eros is not tranquil-it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of a love affair and corresponds to the expression 'falling in love' since it is as involuntary an impulse as a physical fall.” GivingFeelsFeelingsFallExpressionConstantFalling In LoveAffairImpulseLove AffairWellbeingTranquilErosInvoluntary Author:François Lelord
“Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions.” ValuesNotionGood LifeWellbeing Author:Julian Baggini
“Trust is essential for our social wellbeing. Without trusting the good will of others we retreat into bureaucracy, rules and demands for more law and order. Trust is based on positive experiences with other people an it grows with use. We need to trust that others are going be basically reasonable beings.” PeopleNeedsUseLawOrderSocialGrowsTrustDemandEssentialsReasonableRetreatBureaucracyGood WillWellbeingLaw And OrderWithout TrustPositive Experiences Author:Eva Cox