The deterioration of individual thought has resulted in a morbidly dependent society that has lost its sense of personal responsibility and accountability. Society has devolved into a state of thoughtless stagnancy, accepting the tyrannical laws...

home is the isolation within the society from the society

And if Francoise then, inspired like a poet with a flood of confused reflections upon bereavement, grief, and family memories, were to plead her inability to rebut my theories, saying: “I don’t know how to...

There is not the slightest analogy between playing games and the conduct of business within a market society. The card player wins money by outsmarting his antagonist. The businessman makes money by supplying customers with...

and there was a beautiful view but nobody could see cause everybody on the island was saying look at me

Education is the bane of life, the foundation of society and the liberation of generations.

Society is no one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and the Bored

What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her “beauty” his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she...

Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.

We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces

Invariably, knowledge dictates life, liberty, and death, but those who have historically occupied the seats of power not only dictate what is defined as knowledge but also dictate what’s included, what’s excluded, and how it...

Practical jokes are a demonstration that the distinction between seriousness and play is not a law of nature but a social convention which can be broken, and that a man does not always require a...

It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by, and it’s persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live...

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.

I have heard that he who knows what is enough will not let himself be entangled by thoughts of gain; that he who really understands how to find satisfaction will not be afraid of other...

The world put’s too much emphasis on what a person does in terms of monetary value and social status as opposed to who they are. If I was to ask you if you would be...

Within two or three years of World War II’s end, starvation had been basically eliminated in Japan, and yet the Japanese had continued slaving away as if their lives depend on it. Why? To create...

Don’t make noise, rather give people good reasons to make noise about you.

Was it permitted to believe that there was nowhere upon the earth, or above the earth, a heaven for hogs, where they were requited for all this suffering? Each one of these hogs was a...

Modern Society has turned blind; considering patience as cowardliness.

One wonders what would happen in a society where there were no rules to break. Doubtlessly everyone would quickly die of boredom.

With genius, as with beauty — all, well almost all, is forgiven.

we are threatened with suffering from three directions: from our body, which is doomed to decay…, from the external world which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless force of destruction, and finally from...

It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease.

You’ve sinned, I suppose, but your punishment has been out of all proportion. They have turned you into something other than a human being. You have no power of choice any longer. You are committed...

The rich eat life, the poor eat death; so what is the problem they ask?

si chacun de tes sujets ressemble à l’autre tu n’as point atteint l’unité, car mille colonnes identiques ne créent qu’un stupide effet de miroirs et non un temple. Et la perfection de ta démarche serait,...

Males have been groomed since birth, according to the specifications of a sick and perverse society, to become instruments of war.

The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don’t mean to sound dramatic, but clearly the dark side is rising. Things could not have been more odd and...

Agur -murmuró Celipín, poniéndose en marcha.Desapareció entre las sombras de la noche.La geología había perdido una piedra y la sociedad había ganado un hombre.

Kat,” Hale groaned, then fell back onto the pillows.”Funny, I didn’t hear a doorbell.””I let myself in; hope that’s okay.”Hale smiled. “Or the alarm.”She stepped inside, tossed a pocket-size bag of tools onto the bed....

Worrying about scarcity is our culture’s version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we’ve been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we’re angry and scared and at each...

Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.

I hate the endless admonishments of a nanny state that lives in fear of its lawyers. While colonies of dim-witted traffic wardens swarm about looking for minor parking infringements, nobody seems to notice that our...

Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.

It’s not a question of what you want. No sane person ever WANTS a war. But if you see outsiders as a threat and believe that an armed defense is the only way you’re going...

If you use a philosophy education well, you can get your foot in the door of any industry you please. Industries are like the blossoms on a tree while philosophy is the trunk – it...

Wer treten wollte, muß sich treten lassen.

…isn’t it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all the advertising men who create it?

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because… they appeal to your greed.

It is not Iran, it cannot be an Islamic society.

The “peace symbol” is a broken class. A lot of subliminal witchcraft here.

Individuality is a flame that can start a wildfire in a world of conformity.

Without morality and virtue most things in a free society fall apart. But with them, anything is possible.

When someone else’s safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second.

Our beliefs affect our behavior towards others. And that makes ourbeliefs, not just a personal question, but an ethical one.

I do feel that I’ve managed to make something I could maybe call my world…over time…little by little. And when I’m inside it, to some extent, I feel kind of relieved. But the very fact...

How was she created? I’m not sure if you realize this, but it was in God’s image. How can anybody dare to speak ill of something which bears such a noble imprint?

When humor goes, there goes civilization.

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guildmaster and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to...