Quotes about Social norms

It was amusement enough to be with a group of fearless and talkative girls, who said new things in a new language, who were ignorant of tradition and unimpressed by distinctions of rank; but it was soon clear that their young hostesses must be treated with the same respect, if not with the same ceremony as English girls of good family.

What happens is our lives become so heavily oriented around the expectations of others that we become more and more like them and less and less like ourselves. We become split. I was split. I had this person I knew I was made to be, yet it was mixed in with all of these other ... people. As the lights were turned on, I saw I had all of this guilt and shame because I wasn't measuring up to the image of the perfect person I had in my head.

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

In some countries you love your neighbors, and in others you eat them.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I shall not be able to find my way across the room, nor know how to conduct myself in any circumstances, nor what to feel in any relation of life.