Danh ngôn thuộc danh mục: society

Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

Weakness is what brings ignorance, cheapness, racism, homophobia, desperation, cruelty, brutality, all these things that will keep a society chained to the ground, one foot nailed to the floor.

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.

Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly.

The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?

Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.

Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive.

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

I'm really not interested in other people's opinions, because I think frankly most of those opinions are either misinformed and adding to this endless ball of hot air we have in our society where everyone thinks their opinion is valuable and sacred and what counts.

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.

All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration.

Unfortunately, we don't live in a society where you can say whatever you want, and there will be no repercussions. Pick and choose your battles. I think that's the key.

All of us in society are supposed to believe that cruelty to animals is wrong and that it is a good thing to prevent needless suffering. So if that is true, how can meat be acceptable under any but the most extraordinary circumstances, such as perhaps roasting the bird who died flying into a window?

The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.

What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.

Improved maternal health benefits the whole of society.

My mother is white. My biological father is black. When my mother was 17, she got pregnant. They lived in Waterloo, Iowa, which at the time in 1971 was a very segregated society.

Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.

None of us, no matter how perfect, can claim that the building of a new society and the marshalling of a former liberation movement into a modern political party all happen in a straight line.

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.

Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.

It is good for society to have this introspection.

We want to create a society that is working for us and with us - and we're working for society, not against it.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.