Quotes on Society

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Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
 
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.
 
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the self-reliance of every one of its members.
 
We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones.
 
Society exists for the benefit of its members - not the members for the benefit of society.
 
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
 
The man accustomed to the ways of society is always outside himself and knows how to live only in the opinions of others. And it is, as it were, from their judgement alone that he draws the sentiment of his own existence.
 
Mindfulness thrives on the belief that the root of problem is to be found in individuals themselves, rather than in a socio-economic reality. Allegedly, it is not society that needs reform, but individuals who need to adapt, change, and improve.
 
I am less interested in tearing down the veil than in pointing to its presence.
 
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