"One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one f…"

"The more primitive a society, the more sacred are its collective representations."

"The ultimate object of sociology is to discover the laws of social life."

"The individual is an abstraction; only society is real."

"The most important thing in life is to have a common purpose."