“Better to be always in a minority of one with God - branded as madman, incendiary, fanatic, heretic, infidel - frowned upon by "the powers that be," and mobbed by the populace - or consigned ignominiously to the gallows, like him whose "soul is marching on," though his "body lies mouldering in the grave," or burnt to ashes at the stake like Wickliffe, or nailed to the cross like him who "gave himself for the world," - in defence of the RIGHT, than like Herod, having the shouts of a multitude crying, "It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!"” MenWorldSoulBodyLyingVoiceCryCrossesGravesMinoritiesStakesAshesMultitudesDefenceFanaticsMadmenHereticInfidelBrandedGallowsMarching OnHerod Author:William Lloyd Garrison
“We may avoid much disappointment and bitterness of soul by learning to understand how little necessary to our joy and peace are the things the multitude most desire and seek.” MayLittlesSoulJoyDesireDisappointmentBitternessMultitudes Author:John Lancaster Spalding
“The social states of human kinds Are made by multitudes of minds, And after multitudes of years A little human growth appears Worth having, even to the soul Who sees most plain it's not the whole.” YearsMindHumansKindLittlesMadeSoulStatesWholeSocialGrowthMultitudes Book:Poems by John Masefield Source: Poems by John Masefield
“We meet With few utterly dull and stupid souls: the sublime and transcendent are still fewer; the generality of mankind stand between these two extremes: the interval is filled with multitudes of ordinary geniuses, but all very useful, and the ornaments and supports of the commonwealth.” StillsTwoSoulSupportMankindStupidGeniusOrdinaryFilledExtremesDullMediocrityFewerMultitudesSublimeTranscendentOrnamentsIntervalsCommonwealthGeneralitiesTwo Extremes Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Hark to that shrill, sudden shout, The cry of an applauding multitude, Swayed by some loud-voiced orator who wields The living mass as if he were its soul!” IfsSoulCryMassLoudMultitudesOratorsOratory Author:William C. Bryant
“A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.” LooksSoulGreatnessNeglectMultitudesApplauseCensure Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq