Society
Gilbert K. Chesterton on Education
“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.”
Victor Hugo on Education
“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”
Publius Tacitus on Laws
“The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.”
James F. Byrnes on Life
“Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.”
Randolph Bourne on Society
“Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue it likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has.”
Isaac Asimov on Knowledge
“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”
George Orwell on Society
“Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.”
William James on Society
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.”
Albert Einstein on Solving Problems
“The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.”
John Kenneth Galbraith on Thinking
“The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.”
Douglas Adams on Society
“Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules”
Esther Dyson on Internet
“The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.”
Benjamin Franklin on Liberty
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
Bertrand Russell on Society
“Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.”
Henry David Thoreau Cynical Quote
“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?”
Bertrand Russell on Controversies
“The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.”
Oscar Wilde on Knowledge
“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.”
Arthur Schopenhauer Wisdom Quote
“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
Jay Leno Cynical Quote
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak.”
Millard Fuller on Community
“For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other.”
George Bernard Shaw on England and America
“England and America are two countries separated by a common language.”
Louise Beal on Society
“Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood.”
George Bernard Shaw on Politics
“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”
Matthew Arnold on Society
“This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.”
Gian Vincenzo Gravina Cynical Quote
“A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”