The existing social order is a swindle and its cherished beliefs mostly delusions.
Religion is necessary wherever there is a settled society. The laws take care of known crimes; religion watches secret crime.[Par-tout où il y a une société établie , une religion est nécessaire ; les lois veillent sur les crimes commis , et la religion sur les crimes secrets.]
A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated.
We are all a sort of chameleons, that still take a tincture from things near us.
We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent – people who are glad when we have killed the time we are trying so hard to save.
The world is simply divided into two classes – those who believe the incredible, like the public – and those who do the improbable.
Society is no comfort to one not sociable.
Society is much more easily soothed than one’s own conscience.
In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic.
I’m Nobody! Who are you?
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful! To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it simply a tragedy. Society is a necessary thing.
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
