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Quote by Emile Durkheim

“When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.”

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Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist born on April 15, 1858, and died on November 15, 1917, is considered the father of sociology. His work profoundly influenced the understanding of social structure, social functions, and collective consciousness. more

“..Such practices and beliefs, which interfere with happiness, are neither inevitable nor necessary; they evolved by chance, as a result of random responses to accidental conditions. But once they become part of the norms and habits of a culture, people assume that this is how things must be; they come to believe they have no other options.”

People Believe Culture Belief Chance Results Practice Conditions Habit Assuming Response Inevitable Interfere Norm

Book:Flow: the psychology of optimal experience

Source: Flow: the psychology of optimal experience

“You can change only what people know, not what they do.”

People Knows Management

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“Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.”

Consciousness Quality Determine Quality Of Life

Book:Flow: the psychology of optimal experience

Source: Flow: the psychology of optimal experience

“There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before.”