Life Quote by Jonathan Berent

“The first stage of the economy’s domination of social life brought about an evident degradation of being into having — human fulfillment was no…

— Guy Debord

“If we live in living standards others means that is not our lives.”

— M.B.D.K

“human societies always define themselves by their narrowest possible interests.That they are exclusive not inclusive.”

— Joel Shepherd

“Society in itself is no great harm, but unsatisfied social aspirations are a bad and ugly business. We must certainly accept, and we will.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“To act on this fear—a fear of being evaluated then dismissed by others—was to forgo a friendship that actually had some possibilities. In many…

— Jonathan Berent

“The end goal of all of this striving is to live joyfully, and that there are often more direct ways of achieving this than…

— Martha Beck

“Remember how social change happens. Each of us has a worldview that pretty much interprets the world for us, puts our personal and public…

— Gene Robinson

“To those who can’t be their self because society has a different expectation of normal.”

— Marie James

“Society, rather than valuing us as full human beings and empowering us, socializes us to focus on attracting, giving to, and pleasing others.”

— Carolynn Hillman CSW

“Without civilized social graces, not only is life more difficult, but a positive first impression can be destroyed as fast as it is made.”

— Susan C. Young

In all sectors of society there should be roughly equal prospects of culture and achievement for everyone similarly motivated and endowed. The expectations of…

— John Rawls

“Fitting in is the greatest barrier to belonging.”

— Brené Brown