"Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems offered by their psychology or to resign ourselves to being devoured by them."

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Source : Gustave Le Bon (2012). “The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind”, p.70, Courier Corporation

Gustave Le Bon

#People Quotes #Psychology Quotes #Crowds Quotes

“The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.”
“Threaten the balances of justice and you threaten the potential enlargements of mind and soul. Therefore justice is part of the safeguarding of the heart.”

Source : "Mystic Trudeau: The Fire and the Rose". Book by Bruce W. Powe, 2007.
“Salad freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating.”
“MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever owned that you could put in a dive, loose a cylinder and stall out!”
“Young men are eager to "hook up" with women. And many say they have very good female friends. But some of the emotions circulating among guys make it difficult to form and sustain healthy relationships.”

Source : "How hookups and hang-ups delay manhood". TODAYshow.com Q&A, www.today.com. August 03, 2010.
“Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.”

Source : "Reflections of a Writer: Long Work, Short Life". The New York Times, March 20, 1988.
“A … difference between most system-building in the social sciences and systems of thought and classification of the natural sciences is to be seen in their evolution. In the natural sciences both theories and descriptive systems grow by adaptation to the increasing knowledge and experience of the scientists. In the social sciences, systems often issue fully formed from the mind of one man. Then they may be much discussed if they attract attention, but progressive adaptive modification as a result of the concerted efforts of great numbers of men is rare.”
“It had been only through books-at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions-that I had managaed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way. Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books...”

Source : Richard Wright (1998). “Black Boy”, Turtleback

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