Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life will be improved more by changes in society than by his own initiative. Without realizing it, he makes society rather than himself the agent of change. The power he finds in his victimization may lead him to collective action against society, but it also encourages passivity within the sphere of his personal life.
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Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.
Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.
Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
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You will not become a saint through other people's sins.
You will not become a saint through other people's sins.
When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.
When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.
