“Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.” PeopleLawSocialProcessMoralReturnMoralityNegativeInputDiminishing Returns Book:Knowledge And Decisions Source: Knowledge And Decisions
“Drop Out--detach yourself from the external social drama which is as dehydrated and ersatz as TV. Turn On--find a sacrament which returns you to the temple of God, your own body. Go out of your mind. Get high. Tune In--be reborn. Drop back in to express it. Start a new sequence of behavior that reflects your vision.” MindBodyTurnsSocialVisionTvsReturnDramaBehaviorTunesTemplesSacramentsSequenceTurn-onRebornGetting High Book:Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out Source: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
“Etiquette is about all of human social behavior. Behavior is regulated by law when etiquette breaks down or when the stakes are high - violations of life, limb, property and so on. Barring that, etiquette is a little social contract we make that we will restrain some of our more provocative impulses in return for living more or less harmoniously in a community.” HumansLittlesLawSocialCommunityBreakReturnBehaviorPropertyMannersImpulseContractsStakesBreaking DownLimbsEtiquetteViolationProvocativeSocial ContractSocial BehaviorLiving More Author:Judith Martin
“Euphemisms, like fashions, have their day and pass, perhaps to return at another time. Like the guests at a masquerade ball, they enjoy social approval only so long as they retain the capacity for deception.” LongSocialEnjoyFashionReturnCapacityBallsDeceptionGuestsApprovalAnother TimeEuphemismMasquerade Author:Freda Adler
“Single people slip out of the dating market for many social, economic, psychological, and ideological reasons including marriage, illness, bankruptcy, job promotion, exhaustion, and common sense. Inevitably, however, they return because of divorce, boredom, loneliness, and memory loss.” PeopleReasonJobsSocialMemoriesLossCommonEconomicLonelinessReturnDatingIncludingIllnessDivorceCommon SensePsychologicalBoredomSlipsPromotionIdeologicalExhaustionBankruptcyMemory LossSingle People Author:Linda Sunshine
“The poem is not only the point of origin for all the language and narrative arts, the poem returns us to the very social function of art as such.” ArtPoetryLanguageSocialReturnFunctionNarrativeNarrative Art Author:Ron Silliman
“If the Russians have gone too far in subjecting the child and his peer group to conformity to a single set of values imposed by the adult society, perhaps we have reached the point of diminishing returns in allowing excessive autonomy and in failing to utilize the constructive potential of the peer group in developing social responsibility and consideration for others.” IfsChildrenValuesSocialResponsibilityGoneFailingGroupsReturnAdultsDevelopingConsiderationConformityAllowingPeersSocial ResponsibilityAutonomyConstructivePeer GroupConsideration For OthersDiminishing Returns Book:2 Wrlds Childhood Source: 2 Wrlds Childhood