#Society

"People will not remember what you did for living,they will remember how you touched them with kindness and loving."

"Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people."

"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."

"I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it."

"If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society."

"The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else."

"I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance where it is needed. May the Peace Corps continue its legacy of service, both at home and abroad."

"A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual."

"My reality is it’s nighttime. The truth is I’m just blindfolded. How many people live like me, in self-deluded darkness?"

"Don’t hide what you have just because people tell you it’s not normal. I have known normal people…and guess what? They are as boring as hell..."

"What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life."

"Being sick successfully is not included in society’s panoply of worthy goals."

"Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade..."

"L'éducation est un processus culturel (...) par lequel chaque nouvel individu est transformé en membre à part entière d'une société humaine particulière, partageant avec les autres membres une culture particulière."

"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."

"Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man"

"In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it."

"The great hope of society is in individual character."

"I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like."

"Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails."