At First Sight, One Does Not See

When Morals Are Sufficient, Law Is Unnecessary; When Morals Are Insufficient, Law Is Unenforceable.

The Totality Of Beliefs And Sentiments Common To The Average Members Of A Society Forms A Determinate System With A Life Of Its Own. It Can Be Termed The Collective Or Creative Consciousness.

What History Teaches Us Is That Man Does Not Change Arbitrarily; He Does Not Transform Himself At Will On Hearing The Voices Of Inspired Prophets. The Reason Is That All Change, In Colliding With The Inherited Institutions Of The Past, Is Inevitably Hard And Laborious; Consequently It Only Takes Place In Response To The Demands Of Necessity. For Change To Be Brought About It Is Not Enough That It Should Be Seen As Desirable; It Must Be The Product Of Changes Within The Whole Network Of Diverse Casual Relationships Which Then Determine The Situation Of Man.

One Does Not Advance When One Walks Toward No Goal, Or - Which Is The Same Thing - When His Goal Is Infinity.

Each Victim Of Suicide Gives His Act A Personal Stamp Which Expresses His Temperament, The Special Conditions In Which He Is Involved, And Which, Consequently, Cannot Be Explained By The Social And General Causes Of The Phenomenon.