547 Quotes About Sociology

What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the willso fo the masses transferred to one person? On condition that the person express the will of the whole people. That is, power is power. That is, power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.

Only a person who is motivated in the inner depths of his being will help without hesitation and with no obligation for the one helped.

Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological.

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. Only economic action has created the wealth around us; labor, not the profession of arms, brings happiness. Peace builds, war destroys.

Politics: The Circus of Chicanery

A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions – he observes, analyzes and contemplates.

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.

Fish?The little fish eats the tiny fish,The big fish eats the little fish--So only the biggest fish get fat.Do you know any folks like that?

The answer to the riddle posed by identity groups is that they are one entity and their identity is that of their ideal. There can be no shared identity among people, as each person is unique.