A crowd is not merely impulsive and mobile. Like a savage, it is not prepared to admit that anything can come between its desire and the realisation of its desire.
The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief. - Gustave Le Bon
The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.
- Gustave Le Bon
One of the most constant characteristics of beliefs is their intolerance. The stronger the belief, the greater its intolerance. Men dominated by a ce… - Gustave Le Bon
One of the most constant characteristics of beliefs is their intolerance. The stronger the belief, the greater its intolerance. Men dominated by a ce…
We see, then, that the disappearance of the conscious personality, the predominance of the unconscious personality, the turning by means of suggestio… - Gustave Le Bon
We see, then, that the disappearance of the conscious personality, the predominance of the unconscious personality, the turning by means of suggestio…
At the bidding of a Peter the Hermit millions of men hurled themselves against the East; the words of an hallucinated enthusiast such as Mahomet crea… - Gustave Le Bon
At the bidding of a Peter the Hermit millions of men hurled themselves against the East; the words of an hallucinated enthusiast such as Mahomet crea…
Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness. - Gustave Le Bon
Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness.
The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them. - Gustave Le Bon
The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them.
Crowds are influenced mainly by images produced by the judicious employment of words and formulas - Gustave Le Bon
Crowds are influenced mainly by images produced by the judicious employment of words and formulas
In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated. - Gustave Le Bon
In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.
Are the worst enemies of society those who attack it or those who do not even give themselves the trouble of defending it? - Gustave Le Bon
Are the worst enemies of society those who attack it or those who do not even give themselves the trouble of defending it?
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