"A crowd, whether it be a dangerous mob, or an amiably joyous gathering at a picnic is not a community. It has a mind, but no institutions, no organizations, no coherent unity, no history, no traditions."

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Source : Josiah Royce, John Edwin Smith (1988). “Josiah Royce: Selected Writings”, p.272, Paulist Press

Josiah Royce

#Organization Quotes #Community Quotes #Mind Quotes

“It's lonely at the top, so you better know why you are there.”
“Iâ€™m really afraid of spiders and my own feelings.”
“I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long.”
“There cannot be peace where there is not trust; there cannot be freedom where there is not loyalty”
“My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it.”
“Iâ€™ll commit suicide before I vote on a clean minimum-wage bill,”
“I do not belong to any school, I simply want to do something that is personal to my self.”
“The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the most pernicious of all addictions because itâ€™s so hard for a person to break his delusion and denial. How can anything be wrong with loving God and giving your life for good works and service to mankind?”

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