"Individual consciousness is only a part of the collective consciousness."

"The first rule of sociology is to treat social facts as things."

"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 sacred is that which is set apart and forbidden."

"Religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community all th…"