When Man Discovered The Mirror, He Began

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.

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.

Religious Representations Are Collective Representations Which Express Collective Realities.

Social Life Comes From A Double Source, The Likeness Of Consciences And The Division Of Social Labour.

Sadness Does Not Inhere In Things; It Does Not Reach Us From The World And Through Mere Contemplation Of The World. It Is A Product Of Our Own Thought. We Create It Out Of Whole Cloth.