Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Elise M. Boulding
Born: July 6, 1920
Died: June 24, 2010 (aged 89)
Bio: Elise M. Boulding was a Quaker sociologist, and author credited as a major contributor to creating the academic discipline of Peace and Conflict Studies.
Known for:
- Cultures of peace (2000)
- The Future: Images and Processes
- Children's rights and the wheel of life (1979)
- One small plot of heaven (1989)