Quote of Gustave Le Bon - The masses have never thirsted after...
Biography - Gustave Le Bon:
French polymath.
Born: 1841 - Died: 1931
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1841 - Died: 1931
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim.
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Quotes about mistake:
What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Quotes for: truth
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.
Quotes for: illusion
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
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