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> [“It is doubtless true that the masses have always been led in one way or another, and it could be said that their part in history consists primarily in allowing themselves to be led, since they represent a predominantly passive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/it-is-doubtless-true-that-the-masses-have-always-been-led-in-one-way/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

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## More by René Guénon

> [“It sometimes so happens that people who imagine that they are fighting the devil, whatever their particular notion of the devil may be, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/it-sometimes-so-happens-that-people-who-imagine-that-they-are/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“The profane sciences of which the modern world is so proud are really and truly only the degenerate ‘residues’ of the ancient traditional sciences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-profane-sciences-of-which-the-modern-world-is-so-proud-are-really/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“The quantitative degeneration of all things is closely linked to that of money, as is shown by the fact that nowadays the ‘worth’ of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-quantitative-degeneration-of-all-things-is-closely-linked-to-that/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“Those who might be tempted to give way to despair should realize that nothing accomplished in this order can ever be lost, that confusion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/those-who-might-be-tempted-to-give-way-to-despair-should-realize-that/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [ “\[...\] Within the religious realm, the same can be said about that type of'apologetics' that claims to agree with the results of modern science-an… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/within-the-religious-realm-the-same-can-be-said-about-that-type-of/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [ “\[Modern scientific\] theories can necessarily never be more than hypothetical, since their starting-point is wholly empirical, for facts in themselves are always susceptible of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/modern-scientific-theories-can-necessarily-never-be-more-than/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [The "end of a world" never is and never can be anything but the end of an illusion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-end-of-a-world-never-is-and-never-can-be-anything-but-the-end-of/)

[Rene Guenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“This now leads us to elucidate more precisely the error of the idea that the majority should make the law, because, even though this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/this-now-leads-us-to-elucidate-more-precisely-the-error-of-the-idea/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“Indeed, some of the problems commonly engaging the attention of philosophical thought appear to be deprived, not only of all importance, but of any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/indeed-some-of-the-problems-commonly-engaging-the-attention-of/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“It is doubtless true that the masses have always been led in one way or another, and it could be said that their part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/it-is-doubtless-true-that-the-masses-have-always-been-led-in-one-way/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“The men of today boast of the ever growing extent of the modifications they impose on the world, and the consequence is that everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-men-of-today-boast-of-the-ever-growing-extent-of-the/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“Modern man, instead of attempting to raise himself to truth, seeks to drag truth down to his own level.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/modern-man-instead-of-attempting-to-raise-himself-to-truth-seeks-to/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“What men call chance is simply their ignorance of causes; if the statement that something had happened by chance were to mean that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/what-men-call-chance-is-simply-their-ignorance-of-causes-if-the/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [“The same trend is noticeable in the scientific realm: research here is for its own sake far more than for the partial and fragmentary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/the-same-trend-is-noticeable-in-the-scientific-realm-research-here-is/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

> [We have in fact entered upon the final phase..., the darkest period of this dark age, the state of dissolution from which there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/we-have-in-fact-entered-upon-the-final-phase-the-darkest-period-of/)

[Rene Guenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

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