Selected Reviews of On Equilibrium

Canada

"Philosopher King," John Geddes, Maclean's

"Happy medium," Robert Wiersema, Quill & Quire

"Humaniste avant tout," Charles Côté, La Presse

"Être multiple pour accéder à l’équilibre," Rudy Le Cours, La Presse

"How to nurture a better society," Peter O'Brien, Montreal Gazette

"The world according to Saul," Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal

France

"Le bonheur acrobate," Laurent Lemire, Le Nouvel Observateur (Paris)

"John Saul, éloge de l'incertitude," Marianne Dubertret, La Vie (Paris)

Australia

"In answer to your question," Bob Ellis, The Sydney Morning Herald

"Saul searching," Luke Fletcher, HQ

New Zealand

"Fine balance between society and self," Harold Barton, NZ Herald

Other National Acclaim:

“The six distinctive qualities that make us human.…Think of them as the cylinders driving the engine of human nature. Or, perhaps more appropriately, think of them as potions swirling around in a kind of uneasy chemical balance. You can focus on them in isolation, but they work together and that’s how we need to appreciate and use them.”
– The Hamilton Spectator, December, 2001

“His vision is both noble and realistic.…Saul has something to say about complexity, uncertainty and our ways of dealing with it. Try taking a walk in his woods.”
— Calgary Herald, December, 2001

“He provides ‘tools’ people can use to shake their passivity and start taking responsibilities for what’s going on around them.”
– Vancouver Sun, December, 2001

“Courageous and unfettered celebration of his own uncertainties... Provocative and witty.… Canada is fortunate to have an internationally recognized thinker...who will stand up and condemn the old excuse, “It’s the cost of doing business.”
– Globe and Mail, December, 2001