"The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of."

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Zygmunt Bauman

#Sight Quotes #Tasks Quotes #Helping Quotes

“I became very interested [in philosophy] after attending the U.N. Conference on sustainable development in Brazil.I'm very concerned about climate change and the world reaching a tipping point. And, I see other people who really just want to survive to make it to the next election, rather than making means of change.”
“The greatest antidote in the world for grief is work, and the necessity of work.”

Source : Bess Streeter Aldrich (1994). “A Lantern in Her Hand”, p.178, U of Nebraska Press
“You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand”
“Remember this: When you are doing nothing, those speculators who feel they must trade day in and day out, are laying the foundation for your next venture. You will reap benefits from their mistakes.”

Source : Jesse Lauriston Livermore (1966). “How to Trade in Stocks: The Livermore Formula for Combining Time Element and Price”
“We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.”
“When the error is universal, it is supposed to end. The adoption of the foundling establishes its consanguinity.”

Source : "Sketches from Life, Vol. 1-2". Book by Laman Blanchard, "That what Everybody Says must be True", 1846.
“Everything we make pollutes. The most responsible thing we can do is to make each product as well as we know how so it lasts as long as possible.”
“When Evanescence took time off, I bought a big concert harp and started taking lessons like I was in high school again, which was really, really fun. I felt like I was learning again.”

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