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Emile Durkheim
The man whose...
The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions...
A mind that...
A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself...
One cannot long...
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain...
Man could not...
Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and...
From top to...
From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm...
Sadness does not...
Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. ...
Man's characteristic privilege...
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed...
Reality seems valueless...
Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore...
The wise man,...
The wise man, knowing how to enjoy achieved results without having constantly to replace them with others, finds in...
Too cheerful a...
Too cheerful a morality is a loose morality; it is appropriate only to decadent peoples and is found only among...