“The mechanical and social achievements of our day must not blind our eyes to the fact that, in all that relates to man, his nature and aspirations, we have added little or nothing to what has been so finely said by the great men of old.” MenLittlesHas BeensSaidFactsEyeSocialAchievementBlindRelateAspirationGreat Men Author:James Loeb
“Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as interesting are obliged to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence. Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend. There are periods in the most thrilling day during which nothing happens, and though we continue to exclaim, "I do enjoy myself", or , "I am horrified," we are insincere.” HumansSaidBookHappensPainLife IsSpiritSocialEnjoyPleasureInterestingExistencePeriodsThings HappenObligationDullDistinctionHuman SpiritThrillingObligedSlumberPain And PleasureCocoonsInsincereSocial Obligation Author:E. M. Forster
“I am in total opposition to any institutional power. I favor a world of neighborhoods in which all social organization is voluntary and the ways of life are established in small, consenting groups. These groups could cooperate with other groups as they saw fit. But all cooperation would be on a voluntary basis. As the French anarchist Proudhon said. “Liberty [is] not the daughter but the Mother of Order.” WorldWaySaidWould BeMotherOrderSocialLibertySawsGroupsFitDaughterOrganizationBasesFavorsOppositionNeighborhoodCooperationAnarchistSocial Organization Author:Karl Hess
“Isn't there such a thing as social liberation?" "Of course there is," said the Master. "How would you describe it?" "Liberation from the need to belong to the herd.” NeedsSaidCoursesSocialMastersLiberationHerds Author:Anthony de Mello
“Ultimately, the Indian public is not fool. They can spot the difference between what is said for effect and what is done in reality. Whether it is politicians or actors or social activists, they know for sure whom to trust or not.” KnowsSaidDoneRealityActorsSocialDifferencesEffectsFoolPoliticianSpotsIndianActivistWhom To Trust Author:Rahul Bose
“Coffee has assumed a social meaning that goes far beyond the simple black brew in the cup. The worldwide coffee culture is more than a culture - it is a cult. There are usenet newsgroups on the subject, along with innumerable sites on the World Wide Web, and Starbucks outlets populate every street corner, vying for space with other coffeehouses and chains. And after all is said and done, it's just the pit of a berry from an Ethiopian shrub.” WorldSaidDoneCultureSocialBlackSimpleSpaceStreetsSubjectsCornersWideCoffeeChainsCupsSiteCultOutletsPitsBerriesStarbucksSaid And DoneStreet CornersWorld Wide WebShrubs Author:Mark Pendergrast
“Charitable endeavour exalts the prestige and the status of the giver. This may sound unduly cynical but as with all philantrophic activity, it is not easy to unravel the mutually reinforcing motives of selflessness and self-interest. All that can safely be said is that most members of the royal family have difficulty distinguishing between concern about society, concern about the social order and concern about what best to do so they can remain at the top of it.” MaySaidSelfOrderSocialEasySoundInterestActivityMembersConcernDifficultyMotiveCynicalSelflessnessRoyalSelf InterestGiverEndeavourPrestigeCharitableSocial OrderBritish HistoryRoyal Family Author:David Cannadine
“Insofar as human beings flower on the ground of freedom, justice guards that ground. Insofar as human beings flower in the soil of community, justice tends that soil. Justice makes possible a social order that people can truly be said to share freely.” PeopleHumansSaidWisdomOrderPoliticsSocialCommunityJusticeHuman BeingsEconomyShareFlowerSoilLiberalismSocial Order Author:Jeffrey H Reiman
“What is generally regarded as success - acquisition of wealth, the capture of power or social prestige - I consider the most dismal failures. I hold when it is said of a man that he has arrived, it means that he is finished - his development has stopped at that point.” MenMeanSaidSocialWealthDevelopmentFinishedCaptureAcquisitionSuccess And FailurePrestige Book:Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader Source: Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader
“The artist's work, it is sometimes said, is to celebrate. But really that is not so; it is to express wonder. And something terrible resides at the heart of wonder. Celebration is social, amenable. Wonder has a chaotic splendor.” HeartArtSaidSometimesArtistSocialWonderTerribleCelebrateWorking ItCelebrationChaoticSplendorAmenable Book:Spillville: A Collaboration Source: Spillville: A Collaboration
“The Socratic maxim that the recognition of our ignorance is the beginning of wisdom has profound significance for our understanding of society. Most of the advantages of social life, especially in the more advanced forms that we call "civilization" rest on the fact that the individual benefits from more knowledge than he is aware of. It might be said that civilization begins when the individual in the pursuit of his ends can make use of more knowledge than he has himself acquired and when he can transcend the boundaries of his ignorance by profiting from knowledge he does not himself possess.” DoeSaidEndsFactsUseMightFormIndividualSocialUnderstandingIgnoranceCivilizationBenefitsAdvantageProfoundPursuitBoundariesRecognitionSignificanceMaximsSocial LifeMore KnowledgeSocratic Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“The worst that can be said about pornography is that it leads not to anti-social acts but to the reading of more pornography” SaidReadingSocialWorstPornographyAnti Social Author:Gore Vidal
“If every young person pursued their greatest passion and then said, 'What part of this can be applied to social good?' You don't have to choose between being successful and being a philanthropist.” IfsPersonsSaidYoungPassionSocialSuccessfulBeing SuccessfulPursuedPhilanthropistSocial Good Author:Monique Coleman
“Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Think things, not words." In words, many see a need for "social justice" to override "the dictates of the market." In reality, what is called "the market" consists of human beings making their own choices at their own cost. What is called "social justice" is government imposition of the notions of third parties, who pay no price for being wrong.” ThinkingNeedsHumansSaidRealityGovernmentChoicesSocialJusticeHuman BeingsPartyPayCostThirdsSocial JusticeNotionHolmesBeing WrongImpositionThird Parties Author:Thomas Sowell
“History is made of empires, and the United States was by far and away the greatest, richest, and fairest empire that had every dominated the earth. Inevitably, it would fall. Empires always did. But we were lucky, you said. We got to participate in the most fascinating social experiment ever attempted.” MadeSaidStatesEarthFallSocialUnitedUnited StatesLuckyExperimentsFascinatingEmpiresLucky You Book:We Need To Talk About Kevin Source: We Need To Talk About Kevin
“It's very important to remember that the philosophers were social dissidents. They were social critics. The man in the street or woman in the street did not particularly cherish what they said. Socrates was killed.” MenSaidImportantRememberSocialStreetsHe ManCriticsPhilosopherCherishThey SaidDissidents Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“Though we feel extremely connected through all this technology [social networks], there's also this disconnect that happens. Because you're not actually talking to anyone. You're not actually meeting them for coffee. To me, social media is about "you". It's like, "Well, twenty people like this thing I said", so that's about me.” PeopleFeelsWellsSaidHappensSocialTalkingTechnologyMediaTwentiesMeetingsSocial MediaConnectedCoffeeSocial Network Author:Gerard Way
“Twenty thousand years ago the family was the social unit. Now the social unit has become the world, in which it may truthfully be said that each person's welfare affects that of every other.” WorldYearsMayPersonsSaidSocialFamilyThousandYears AgoTwentiesWelfareThousand YearsUnits Author:Arthur Compton