It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.Jiddu Krishnamurti
Society Quotes
These 23 quotes on society come straight from the QuotePlace collection — lines by poets, philosophers, leaders and artists across the centuries. Open any card to read the quote on its own page and meet the author behind it.
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.B.R. Ambedkar
No religion is higher than humanity.Abdul Sattar Edhi
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.Mahatma Gandhi
Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birthright of all.Bhagat Singh
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.Nelson Mandela
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.Marcus Garvey
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.Desmond Tutu
For Europe, for ourselves, and for humanity, comrades, we must turn over a new leaf, we must work out new concepts, and try to set afoot a new man.Frantz Fanon
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.Blaise Pascal
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society.B.R. Ambedkar
Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.Germaine de Stael
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.George Bernard Shaw
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society — more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.Allama Iqbal
We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity; more than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.Charlie Chaplin
We must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society.Vikram Sarabhai
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment.Albert Einstein
Man is by nature a social animal.Aristotle
Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.Mahatma Gandhi
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.Mahatma Gandhi
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.Dalai Lama