Obwohl ich von allen Seiten bedrängt werde, bleibe ich in meinem inneren Gleichgewicht, und weil ich mich an nichts mehr festhalte, bin ich nun mir s… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

The most striking peculiarity presented by a psychological crowd is the following: Whoever be the individuals that compose it, however like or unlike be their mode of life, their occupations, their character, or their intelligence, the fact that they have been transformed into a crowd puts them in possession of a sort of collective mind which makes them feel, think, and act in a manner quite different from that in which each individual of them would feel, think, and act were he in a state of isolation.