We are all murderers and prostitutes – no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
Category: society
Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.
And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people – not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base – is through education.
People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.
I think we’re living in a world where society is very difficult.
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I’ve met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society.
I don’t think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.
I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.