"The primary cause of suicide is an excess or deficit of social integration."

"When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable."

"A passion for the infinite is daily presented as a sign of moral distinction, when in fact it can only occur in disturbed minds which accord the status of a norm to the very disturbance from which the…"

"It is society that has made us what we are; it is society that, through its institutions, educates us, shapes our thoughts, and determines our actions."

"If religion has given birth to all that is essential in society, it is because the idea of society is the soul of religion."