Celia Green - Society Quotes

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I have long had a theory that the popularity of Christianity has always depended on its appeal to the sadism of its adherents. The exceptional should be crucified, saith Society; and somehow everyone suspects (in spite of all arguments to the contrary) that if there is a God, he may be exceptional in some way. So the figure of Christ crucified becomes the figure of the dangerous exceptional alien—suitably defeated. 'Only a suffering God can help', said Bonhoeffer, licking his lips.

Celia Green
Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present.

Celia Green
In an unenlightened society some people are forced to play degrading social roles; in an enlightened society, everyone is.

Celia Green
Education by the State is a contradiction in terms. Intellectual development is only possible to those who have seen through society.

Celia Green
That society exists to frustrate the individual may be seen from its attitude to work. It is only morally acceptable if you do not want to do it. If you want to, it becomes a personal pleasure.

Celia Green
Society is everybody's way of punishing one another because they daren't take it out on the universe.

Celia Green
Society is a self-regulating mechanism for preventing the fulfilment of its members.

Celia Green