“He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul. ”

“He had found the one calm place in the midst of the storm, a quiet voice calling him to earth.”

“He had learned early on the trick of living separately in a crowd, private in his mind when his body could not be. But he was born a mountain-dweller, and had learned early, too, the enchantment of solitude, and the healing of quiet places.”

“Crowds exhibit a docile respect for force, And are but slightly impressed by kindness, Which for them is scarcely other than a form of weakness. Their sympathies have never been bestowed upon easy going masters, but the tyrants who vigorously oppressed them. It is to these latter that they always erect the loftiest statues. It is true that they willingly trample on the despot whom they have stripped of his power, but it is because having lost his power he resumes his place among the feeble who are to be despised because they are not to be feared. The type of hero dear to a crowd will always have the semblance of a Caesar, His insignia attract them, His authority overawes them, and his sword instils them with fear.”

“the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

“The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.”