Quotes by Our Society Poetry, in the past, was the center of our society, but with modernity it has retreated to the outskirts. I think the exile of poetry is also the exile of the best of humankind. Octavio Paz our-society past thinking My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity. Okky Madasari our-society humanity may In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight. Oleg Cassini our-society want Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society. Noam Chomsky our-society speech giving Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. Olusegun Obasanjo corny society-today our-society It's not a big secret that what's lacking and what's wrong in our society starts with education. Oren Moverman our-society bigs secret The one thing that I have learned from all these projects is that the key to transformative change is to make the system see itself. That’s why deep data matters. It matters to the future of our institutions, our societies, and our planet. Otto Scharmer data our-society keys Our society must move from ego-system to eco-system economics. This requires that we shift from ego-system silos to eco-system awareness that considers others and includes the whole. Otto Scharmer our-society ego moving I'd say that I think the most revolutionary act that you can commit in our society today is to be happy. Patch Adams our-society happiness thinking We have ripped the humanity out of our companies. It's threatening the very underpinnings of our society. Paul Tudor Jones threatening our-society humanity In our society, it's been the men who've handled most of the finances, and the women who've stood by and watched men botch things up. Peter Lynch investing our-society men Our society has become an employee society. Peter Drucker employee our-society That knowledge has become the resource, rather than a resource, is what makes our society "post-capitalist. Peter Drucker capitalist resources our-society The rule in our society is that while those who kill once make wretched a single person are severely punished, those (heads of state, inventors, manufacturers) who are responsible for the death, mutilation or general wretchedness of thousands or millions are rewarded with fame, riches and prizes... If you are going to rob, rob big; if you're going to kill, kill big. Philip Slater riches our-society politics The destiny of our society is yours to make and you have a vastly greater importance to the world than we do. Polykarp Kusch our-society destiny world No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society. Pope Francis elderly our-society treasure In our society many of the old rituals have lost much of their power. New ones have not arisen. R. D. Laing ritual our-society lost Perhaps there was a correlation between taking prayer and Bible study out of schools, and what has happened in our society. Rafael Cruz our-society prayer school Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together. Rajiv Gandhi our-society together country Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which we ignore in the belief that they possess no deeper significance. Yet it is precisely in their being regarded as unimportant that they take on importance. For in them we ritualize and dramatize attitudes which contradict and often embarrass the sacred values which we proclaim through our solemn ceremonies and rituals of nationhood. Ralph Ellison our-society growing-up attitude «56789101112131415»