Quotes by Durkheim, Emile

A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the wei >>

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes i >>

It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is mos >>

Quotations about Sadness

We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we die we lear >>

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sor >>

Good. There are many nights as days, and the one is just as long as th >>

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.

Durkheim, Emile