I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay.
Category: society
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.
And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.
The little things, I can obey. But the big things – how we think, what we value – those you must choose yourself. You can’t let anyone – or any society – determine those for you.
I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor.
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.
Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.
I don’t believe that in our society that we should have guns.
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.