#sociology

What, unless biological science is a mass of errors, is the cause of human intelligence and vigour? Hardship and freedom: conditions under which the active, strong, and subtle survive and the weaker go to the wall; conditions that put a premium upon the loyal alliance of capable men, upon self-restraint, patience, and decision. And the institution of the family, and the emotions that arise therein, the fierce jealousy, the tenderness for offspring, parental self-devotion, all found their justification and support in the imminent dangers of the young. ↗

— H.G. Wells

#family

Character depends on characters. Few people are character. Other's should try to opt one but they don't, they lose. ↗

— Vikram Roy

#philosophy-of-life #sociology #life

If two people stare at each other for more than a few seconds, it means they are about to either make love or fight. Something similar might be said about human societies. If two nearby societies are in contact for any length of time, they will either trade or fight. The first is non-zero-sum social integration, and the second ultimately brings it. ↗

— Robert Wright

#human-condition #sociology #love

We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison. ↗

— J.B. Priestley

#psychology #sociology #nature

إن الدين لا يردع الإنسان عن عمل يشتهي أن يقوم به الا بمقدار ضئيل. فتعاليم الدين يفسرها الانسان ويتأولها حسب ما تشتهي نفسه. وقد رأينا القران والحديث مرجعا لكثير من الأعمال المتناقضة التي قام بها المتنازعون في عصر صدر الاسلام.. ↗

— علي الوردي

#sociology #religion

Happy is the people that is without history. And thrice is the people without sociology. ↗

— Christopher Henry Dawson

#history #sociology #religion

That is the paradox of the epidemic: that in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many small movements first. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#sociology #paradox

Miss Leefolt sigh, hang up the phone like she just don't know how her brain gone operate without Miss Hilly coming over to push the Think buttons. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#sociology #psychology

At a conservative estimate, there are probably a million men and women in their twenties and thirties who would happily work long hours doing what most needs to be done, if they were paid something for it. ↗

— Philip Slater

#politics #sociology #men

As for 'Dear Friend Hitler,' if it ever gets off the ground it will likely go down in history as little more than a symbol of Bollywood's limitless capacity for poor taste. ↗

— Sadanand Dhume

#dear-friend-hitler #hitler #taste-sociology #sociology