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“Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“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

“The
beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief”
― Gustave Le Bon, Psychologie des foules

“Words whose sense is the most ill-defined are sometimes those that possess the most influence. Such, for example, are the terms democracy, socialism, equality, liberty, &c., whose meaning is so vague that bulky volumes do not suffice to precisely fix it. Yet it is certain that a truly magical power is attached to those short syllables, as if they contained the solution of all problems.”
― Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind