“I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever. But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and silencing them forever.” MenWorldHas BeensImportantSpiritSocialForeverHe ManCapableCriticalConvincedAccomplishedRitualPreservationBarbarismSocial SystemsInquiringSilencingCritical Spirit Book:It Can't Happen Here Source: It Can't Happen Here
“Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food is low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured.” SocialAnimalForeverEnvironmentLowsTerritoryHierarchyCompulsionParasitesUnforgivingSocial Hierarchy Book:Life of Pi Source: Life of Pi
“For a woman ... to explore and express the fullness of her sexuality, her ambitions, her emotional and intellectual capacities, her social duties, her tender virtues, would entail who knows what risks and who knows what truly revolutionary alteration to the social conditions that demean and constrain her. Or she may go on trying to fit herself into the order of the world and thereby consign herself forever to the bondage of some stereotype of normal femininity - a perversion, if you will.” IfsKnowsWorldTryingMayOrderSocialForeverVirtueRiskConditionsEmotionalDutyGoes OnFitNormalAmbitionIntellectualCapacitySexualityRevolutionaryStereotypeFemininityBondageFullnessPerversionAlterationsConstrainSocial Conditions Author:Louise J. Kaplan
“In the intercourse of social life, it is by little acts of watchful kindness recurring daily and hourly,--and opportunities of doing kindnesses if sought for are forever starting up,--it is by words, by tones, by gestures, by looks, that affection is won and preserved. He who neglects these trifles yet boasts that, whenever a great sacrifice is called for, he shall be ready to make it, will rarely be loved. The likelihood is, he will not make it; and if he does, it will be much rather for his own sake than for his neighbor's.” IfsLooksLittlesDoeOpportunitySocialKindnessForeverSacrificeReadyStartingSakeAffectionNeighborToneNeglectGesturesBoastIntercourseTriflesSocial LifeLikelihoodRecurringGreat SacrificeStarting Up Author:George Augustus Henry Sala
“I don't think people realize the risks they face every time they create a text, or post on a social network. Unless you expressly make the effort, everything you do online, including texting, has a shelf life of forever.” PeopleThinkingFacesSocialRealizingEffortForeverRiskIncludingPostsOnlineShelvesSocial NetworkTextingShelf Life Author:Mark Cuban
“I've been awkward forever. I have really low expectations for myself. When I do perform to some sort of social standard, I leave feeling really comfortable. I'm either so awkward that I look retarded or I'm so awkward that everyone else feels retarded.” FeelsLooksFeelingsSocialForeverComfortableLowsStandardsExpectationsAwkwardRetardedLow Expectations Author:Earl Sweatshirt