27 quotes found
“The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself.”
“The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”
“As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry.”
“It’s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.”
“Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups parties nations and epochs it is the rule.”
“When a hundred men stand together each of them loses his mind and gets another one.”
“The time when most of all you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.”
