73 Quotes About Tribes

People aren't social, they're tribal. Race doesn't exist, but tribes are fucking real.

Oh, no, no, you've got that all wrong. You're not required to respect elders. After all, most people are idiots, regardless of age. In tribal cultures, we just make sure that elders remain an active part of the culture, even if they're idiots. Especially if they're idiots. You can't just abandon your old people, even if they have nothing intelligent to say. Even if they're crazy.

Tribes are not to be trifled with. Your ability to thrive depends on the tribe.

Members of your tribe are fellow travelers. The tribe exists to further every member’s journey and well-being. Generosity and compassion are expected. Promiscuity and posing are frowned upon. Selfishness or manipulation lead to ostracism.

We speak for those who cannot speak. We have a duty to tell the stories for those who do not have the advantages that we have to tell stories. We must not speak falsely. The stories that we are entrusted to tell are stories of our tribes, or the tribes into which we have been initiated.

Mungu alitengeneza familia. Alitengeneza koo, makabila na mataifa, ili watu wajuane na kuheshimiana.

words...To lure the tribal shoals to epigram / And order.

The psychological components of war have not gone away—dominance, vengeance, callousness, tribalism, groupthink, self-deception

The Philosopher-Poet’s mind is always in the here-and-now when he’s with his tribe and elsewhere in the red universe when he’s on his own.