Nadezhda

“Instead of preparing men for life French schools solely prepare them to occupy public functions, in which success can be attained without any necessity for
self-direction or the exhibition of the least glimmer of personal initiative.”
― Gustave Le Bon, Psychologie Des Foules

“It’s not nice being inside my head. It’s a nice place to visit but I don’t want to live in here. It’s too crowded; too many traps and pitfalls.”
― Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist

“Science promised us truth, or at least a knowledge of such relations as our intelligence can seize: it never promised us peace or happiness.”
― Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd; study of the popular mind

“In a crowd every sentiment and act is contagious, and contagious to such a degree that an individual readily sacrifices his personal interest to the collective interest.”
― Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd; study of the popular mind