To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.
EMILE DURKHEIM
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The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.
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The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds.
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Irrespective of any external, regulatory force, our capacity for feeling is in itself an insatiable and bottomless abyss.
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Social life comes from a double source, the likeness of consciences and the division of social labour.
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A 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 called a Church, all those who adhere to them.
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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.
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The wise man, knowing how to enjoy achieved results without having constantly to replace them with others, finds in them an attachment to life in the hour of difficulty.
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At first sight, one does not see what relations there can be between religion and logic.
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