society quotes

Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.

I don’t know why women want any of the things men have when one of the things that women have is men.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy.

Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with ‚what can I give‘ spirit.

It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one’s people that has not previously been taken into account.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

For my part, I desire to see the time when education – and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry – shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.