4,426 Quotes About Society

A person who is truly cool is a work of art. And remember, original works of art cost exponentially higher than imitations. Just take a look at the the coolest people in history. They will always be a part of history for being extremely original individuals, not imitations.

Americans seem predominantly invested in deriving what they ought to think and do from what appears socially normative. For instance, a well trained conscience has little meaning for us today since the conscience is no longer something to be developed and trained but rather the sting is to be silenced and ignored. All behaviors are justified as Self. The freedom to impose the Self on the rest of the world without guilt or explanation.

[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.

How it is possible for the offspring of a billionaire and a person living in poverty to be born with an equal chance in life? I do not view this as fair. Wealth should not be a deciding factor in who is and who isn't more important.

Political leaders are the reflection of our society.

Some come from too far to be where you startedand some walk slower for they carry burdens you never could. The people you meet have a past, and whether it is clear to you; be gentle in your treatment of the fool, and go on in your way, with no contemn for the fallen.

I have nothing to do with the partisans. I wish to defy society not in order to improve it, but to hold it at bay no matter what. I suspend my achievements – but also my demands.

You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and fidelity and marriage are. A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil.

The late-modern achievement-subject does not pursue works of duty. Its maxims are not obedience, law, and the fulfillment of obligation, but rather freedom, pleasure, and inclination. Above all, it expects the profits of enjoyment from work. It works for pleasure and does not act at the behest of the Other. Instead, it hearkens mainly to itself. After all, it must be a self-starting entrepreneur