Social Dynamics Quotes

"The realest people don't have a lot of friends" "As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask" "People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools." "When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion." "The opposite of belonging is fitting in." "Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstandings that can gather around a new name." "If everyone knew what others said about him there would not be four friends in the world" "A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day" "The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you." "The individual becomes impaired, and the sum of individual potentials freeze to make a general force." "Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others" "Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be, to be accepted." "The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics"