The Christian conceives of his abode on Earth in no more delightful colors than the Jainist sectarian. He sees in it only a time of sad trial; he also thinks that his true country is not of this world.

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

This solidarity can grow only in inverse ratio to personality... Solidarity which comes from likenesses is at its maximum when the collective conscience completely envelops our whole conscience and coincides in all points with it... when this solidarity exercises its force, our personality vanishes, as our definition permits us to say, for we are no longer ourselves, but the collective life.

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.

Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.

Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.