I have been tagged by Jim for this game on quotes started by Rory. The topic is society. It is being played alphabetically. Each person has to post a quote on society by a person whose second name begins with the letter assigned to them. You can check out more details here.
Rory took the letter A
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean,
man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives.
Man’s life is independent.
He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self too.”
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Paula took B
“The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” ~ James Baldwin
King Ben’s Grandma took C
“To me, the progress of society consists in nothing more than in bringing out the individual, in giving him a consciousness of his own being, and in quickening him to strengthen and elevate his own mind.”
WILLIAM E. CHANNING, Thoughts
Beckie took D
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
~ Frederick Douglass
Sadje took E
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Albert Einstein
Li took F
“It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless Automat of characters.”— Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Jim took G
“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” — Galileo
My quote with H
“Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.” — Alex Haley
I tag Fandango for the letter I.
Quite a collection of great quotes. I agree with Alex, it is learned behavior.
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Indeed, Li! Wonderful quotes all. I felt this one was particularly relevant now.
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fab collection but Beckie, Sadje and yours resonate deepest … interesting challenge 🙂
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I agree, Kate…fabulous collection and very interesting! 🙂
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Brilliant!
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Thanks dear! All quotes are fantastic.
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Yes, indeed.
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Hey Many thanks for taking part in the game, a very nice and profound quote to add. Yes it is learned behaviour, sadly so.
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Thanks Rory! I am still wondering why your comment landed in the spam folder. Apologies for the delay in response.
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No worries my friend, many comments these days end up in spam folders or disappear off the planet completely 🙂 It’s become so common place now in WP, l have sadly accepted it as the norm ha ha – have a lovely day 🙂
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I know, they do but I feel horrible about not responding. I guess I will have to accept it too! You too, have a lovely day. 🙂
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Thank you , and again worry not – l too feel terrible that l have missed comments, but l now almost fanattically ha ha check my pending and spam folder – we can only do what we can do, but if WP has somehow swallowed comments like it seemingly has a habit of doing, we are stumped 🙂
Hey, the good news is there are way worse things that could happen 🙂
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I agree! Like this content harvesting website which has all our posts on its site!
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Oh yes totally agree, now you see that is worse lol! Much 🙂
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Great quotes and I like yours as well!
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Thank you so much, Robyn and I am sorry about the delay…this too was in the spam folder. 😔
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I missed that whole Society thing, thanks for straightening me out.
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I liked your introduction. And in any case, you did link back to Rory’s post.
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Wow this is so beautiful- great collab
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Yes, thanks. Enjoyed participating in it.
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You are welcome
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This is great!!!
Loved reading all the great quotes
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Thanks a lot, Yasmin. Yes, this was fun.
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