Emile Durkheim — "Suicide is not a private act, but a social phenomenon."

"Every time a social phenomenon is directly explained by a psychological phenomenon, we may rest assured that the explanation is false."

"There is no society known where a more or less developed criminality is not found under different forms. No people exists whose morality is not daily infringed upon. We must therefore call crime neces…"

"The state is the very organ of social thought."

"The primary function of religion is to maintain social cohesion."

"One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one f…"