Societal Norms Quotes

"We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society." "It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get." "It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement." "Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine." "The sole difference between myself and a madman is the fact that I am not mad!" "Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from" "When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate." "Being powerful is so much more interesting than being beautiful."