Aphorisms Quote by Idries Shah

“What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that?”

— Idries Shah

“This is the Modern Man, who cannot save himself but wants to save the world. He is the Wise who knows not. And his…

— Cristiane Serruya

Then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard offormal cut, Full of wise saws and moderninstances;…

— William Shakespeare

Full of wise saws and modern instances.

— William Shakespeare

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Someone experiencing the stages of grief is rarely aware of how his behavior might appear to others. Grief often produces a “zoom lens effect,”…

— Sol Luckman

The current public television and radio system in the United States, while it's better than nothing, that's about the best you can say about…

— Robert Waterman McChesney

The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered only the…

— Maya Angelou

The Electoral College needs to go, because it's made our society less and less democratic.

— Pete Buttigieg

“Our standards of morality are begotten of the past needs of society, but is society to remain always the same?”

— Kakuzō Okakura

Why would you invest in a company which is out of synch with the needs of society, that does not take its social compliance…

— Paul Polman

The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.

— Benito Mussolini