The society in which each man lives is at once the basis for, and the nemesis of, that fulness of life which each man seeks. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

The society in which each man lives is at once the basis for, and the nemesis of, that fulness of life which each man seeks.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Related topics

basis lives life man nemesis once society fulness

Related quotes

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful to society, had that society been well organized. View quote
Mary Wollstonecraft
Our lives our guided by that general conception of the course of things which has been created by society for social purposes. View quote
William Kingdon Clifford
I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have taken his origin. View quote
Alexander Mackenzie
By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life. View quote
James Frazer
A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. View quote
Gene Roddenberry