Emile Durkheim Quotes

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.

Emile Durkheim

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 15, 1858 - November 15, 1917

Topics

NatureChangeNameLongWithout

What shall befall me in the pursuance of this work, I refer to the disposal of Almighty God, whose glory is dearer to me, not only than my liberty, but than my life.

John Biddle

LifeWorkGodMeMy LifeLiberty

My optimism for life carried through my work.

John Dyer

LifeWorkOptimismThroughCarried

A great hope gets crushed every time someone reminds us that happiness can be neither assumed nor earned; that we are all prisoners of our own flawed brains; that the ultimate aloneness in each of us is, finally, inviolable.

Andrew Solomon

HappinessHopeGreatTimeSomeone

What is great about entrepreneurship is that entrepreneurs create the tangible from the intangible.

Robert Herjavec

GreatCreateEntrepreneurshipAbout

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn't think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

Joyce Meyer

PeopleMeBibleThinkThoughtHard

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

Joni Mitchell

DaughterWaitingBackSongwriting

Scientists are sometimes as competitive as professional athletes, maybe.

Brian Kobilka

ProfessionalSometimesCompetitive

I've always hated the term 'alternative'; I only use it because when I say it, people know what I'm talking about. I always thought it was weird when guys like myself or Patton Oswalt or Dana Gould, these older guys, were called 'alternative' comedy.

Brian Posehn

MyselfPeopleThoughtWeirdTalking

I went through my awkward teenage years. I don't want to go back.

Ashley Wagner

BackGoWantYearsThroughAwkward

Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye.

Wynton Marsalis

StyleEyeColorInterestingArtist

In many a piece of music, it's the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape. And I know I, as a writer, will often try to include a lot of empty space on the page so that the reader can complete my thoughts and sentences and so that her imagination has room to breathe.

Pico Iyer

BeautyMusicImaginationSpaceRest

People relate to songs so differently. No matter what it's about in reality, people create their own meaning behind it and connect with it on their own terms.

Sharon Van Etten

PeopleRealityMeaningCreateMatter

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