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A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again,…
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An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to…
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Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according…
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Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its…
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The first and most fundamental rule is: Consider social facts as things.
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Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved,…
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Our excessive tolerance with regard to suicide is due to the fact that, since the state of mind from which it springs…
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Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by…
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Even one well-made observation will be enough in many cases, just as one well-constructed experiment often suffices for the establishment of a…
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The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.
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For a long time it has been known that the first systems of representations with which men have pictured to themselves the…
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Science cannot describe individuals, but only types. If human societies cannot be classified, they must remain inaccessible to scientific description.
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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it,…
— Emile M. Cioran
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It matters little what form of prayer we adopt or how many words we use. What matters is the faith which lays…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Notice carefully every word here. It is not our prayer which draws Jesus into our hearts. Nor is it our prayer which…
— Ole Hallesby
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To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise…
— Ole Hallesby
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Sometimes we have to lose our way to find out what we really want, for we often ignore our needs until we…
— Leon Brown
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Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet…
— Dalai Lama
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We have suffered unnumbered ills and crimes in the name of the Law of the Land. Our men, women and children have…
— Cesar Chavez
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Time, like money, is measured by our needs.
— George Eliot
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The theory of the method of knowing which is advanced in these pages may be termed pragmatic. ... Only that which has…
— John Dewey
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I am convinced that there is no simple formula or technique that I could give you or that you could give your…
— Richard G. Scott
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Like so much of what is worthwhile in life, our needs for friendship are often best met in the home. If our…
— Marlin K. Jensen
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Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the…
— Sven Birkerts
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