Psychology Quote by Mark Dice

We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they…

— Edward Bernays

If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our…

— Edward Bernays

“The elements of control within society are pervasive.”

— Steven Redhead

“However, it is not easy to think and behave in new ways, because our thoughts and actions are usually constrained by present-day ideologies and…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The dominant social force that drives our thinking and our actions is the unconscious search and need for social proof.”

— Dragos Bratasanu

“People don’t want the illusion of their manufactured personalities, their political saviors, shattered; personalities created by public relations industries. They don’t want to do…

— Chris Hedges

“In truth, the epoch is gone in which we had the impression that the masses of society could be guided by reason and by…

— William S. Schlamm

“A crowd carries the social authority to redefine norms.”

— Jane McGonigal

“To be mindful of social phenomena is thus to identify more clearly hatred, greed, and delusion as well as the seeds of wisdom and…

— Donald Rothberg

“There are tumults of the mind, when, like the great convulsions of Nature, all seems anarchy and returning chaos; yet often, in those moments…

— William Gibson

“Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more…

— Edmund Burke

“The mind finds security and strength in religious and political patterns, and this is what gives stamina to the organizations.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti