As thy days so shall thy strength be which in modern language may be translated as thy thoughts so shall thy life be.

Academe n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy n.: A modern school where football is taught.

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved.

One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.

Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

Every teenager deals in his or her own sexuality and has to face it and figure out how it can coincide with the rest of their lives in a healthy manner. And try to navigate it in our modern society which is wrought with stigma and taboo and repression and sort of as a result these inner monsters that some teenagers really struggle with.

As I get older I think contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man.

Modernity the child of the Enlightenment failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason.