Famous quotes containing the words physical and/or society:
“The real stumbling-block of totalitarian rĂ©gimes is not the spiritual need of men for freedom of thought; it is mens inability to stand the physical and nervous strain of a permanent state of excitement, except during a few years of their youth.”
—Simone Weil (19091943)
“Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through mans subordination.... The individual is the heart of society, conserving the essence of social life; society is the lungs which are distributing the element to keep the life essencethat, is, the individualpure and strong.”
—Emma Goldman (18691940)