Society Quotes

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.

In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.

There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent.

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.

Our whole society is instantaneous.

In this constant battle which we call living, we try to set a code of conduct according to the society in which we are brought up, whether it be a Communist society or a so-called free society; we accept a standard of behaviour as part of our tradition as Hindus or Muslims or Christians or whatever we happen to be.

In the final analysis, poverty is a condition of helplessness - of inability to cope with the conditions of existence in our complex society.

The moral disapprobation of society has an impact on behavior in societies.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.

Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.

At a collective level, learning is an essential link in our society.

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response - that is, high touch - or the technology is rejected... We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature.

I want to bring more lawv and romance into the society.

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.

It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and families are healthier, and society at large benefits.

Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.

We need to move towards a truly just and equitable society by... making sure that every Canadian - whether they're living in long-term care or they're working part-time or they're students or they're Black or they're Indigenous - whatever their circumstances, can live in dignity and security.