#society

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. ↗

— Lord Acton

#consequences #destitute #evil #injurious #man

The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#pattern #relationship #sex #society #test

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday. ↗

— Felix Adler

#church #custom #emphasizing #ethical #importance

A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong. ↗

— Stella Adler

#junkie #society #someone #something #tell

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#believing #better #critique #himself #his

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of differences. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#hand #other #realization #reconciliation #society

A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good. ↗

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

#another #elicit #good #good person #goodness

Our society is the product of several great religious and philosophical traditions. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans, Christianity, Judaism, humanism and the Enlightenment have made us who we are. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

#enlightenment #great #greeks #humanism #ideas

When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the important thing was for me to become a doctor - a career which had not been possible in her generation and in her society. Sport was something to be set aside. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#aside #become #been #break #career

They can talk shit about each other behind the others' backs, but when it comes down to it, money is the one true race and everyone down here is the color of greenbacks and as tall as mountains. ↗

— Richard Kadrey

#greed #money #pride #relationships #society