Quote by Freda Adler
That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is th

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy. – Freda Adler

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The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find. – Freda Adler

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Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. – Freda Adler

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Crime
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The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes. – Freda Adler

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Growth is the only evidence of life. – John Henry Newman, Apologia pro vita sua, 1864

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Im doing it because I choose it. And if its not working, I can make a change. – Alanis Morissette

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Youre only as young as the last time you changed your mind. – Timothy Leary

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I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner. – Haile Gebrselassie

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People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, — that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it. – John Jay Chapman