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“... there are moments in which the teacher, as the authority talks to the learners, says what must be done, establishes limits without which the very freedom of learners is lost in lawlessness, but these moments, in accordance with the political options of the educator, are alternated with others in which the educator speaks with the learner.”

Done Moments Political Lost Speak Teacher Society Limits Authority Educator Learners Lawlessness

Author:Paulo Freire

“We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.”

Lost Society Our Society Sacredness Sacredness Of Life

Author:Basil Hume

“Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.”

Knows World Trying Lost Religious Common Society Criminals Common Sense Jail Dogma Fanaticism This Society Religious Love Religious Fanatics Religious Dogma

Author:Jack Kevorkian

“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.”

Source: The Words of Albert Schweitzer

“The individual has totally different interests from the society, because the society has no soul. The society is soulless. And if you become too much a part of the society, it will reduce your soul also to a non-entity. Beware, before you have lost your whole opportunity. Don't be a slave. Follow society to the point you feel is needed, but always remain master of your own destiny.”

Ifs Feels Different Soul Whole Opportunity Individual Lost Interest Destiny Too Much Society Masters Needed Slave Your Soul Entity Be A Slave Soulless

Author:Rajneesh

“It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and willingly that one is led to say that this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement.”

People Fall Lost Liberty Society Subjects Incredibles Forgetfulness Obeying Enslavement

Author:Etienne de La Boetie

“The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have lost much by subjecting themselves to what they call the laws and regulations of civilized socieities.”

“I believe we are a species with amnesia, I think we have forgotten our roots and our origins. I think we are quite lost in many ways. And we live in a society that invests huge amounts of money and vast quantities of energy in ensuring that we all stay lost. A society that invests in creating unconsciousness, which invests in keeping people asleep so that we are just passive consumers or products and not really asking any of the questions.”

People Thinking Way Believe Humans Energy Lost I Believe Society Products Huge Amount Creating Roots Asking Species Forgotten Consumers Unconscious Quantity Passive Amnesia Unconsciousness

Author:Graham Hancock

“The more profound problem, however, is the degree to which many academic intellectuals, especially in the humanities, have lost their ability to distinguish the 'state' from 'society'.”

States Problem Humanity Lost Ability Society Degrees Profound Academic

Author:Stephen D. Cox

“It is the tragic story of the cultural crusader in a mass society that he cannot win, but that we would be lost without him.”

Stories Would Be Winning Lost Society Mass Tragic

Author:Paul Lazarsfeld

“Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.”

Jobs Politics Lost Society Politician Horse Retired Pathetic Studs

Book:Mencken Chrestomathy

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.”

Lost Social Work Society Honest Yesterday Esteem Social Status Honest Work

Author:Peter Drucker

“Society has a herd psychology, so until we have more good shepherds we are lost.”

Lost Psychology Society Goodness

Book:Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“We look around us and we find ourselves confused as to why the world has fallen into such deep darkness. And standing in this descending darkness, what we need to realize is that the farther we move from God, the darker everything gets. And no light of man can illuminate that kind of darkness.”

World God Light Culture Lost Dark Sin Darkness Society Mankind Wander Man Hopeless Wandering

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough