-To form a minority, of whatever kind, it is necessary beforehand that each member separate himself from the multitude for special, relatively personal, reasons.
-The mass is all that which sets no value on itself, good or ill, based on specific grounds, but which feels itself 'just like everybody', and nevertheless is not concerned about it; is, in fact, quite happy to feel itself as one with everybody else.
-For there is no doubt that the most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures: those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, but for whom to live is to be every moment what they already are, without imposing on themselves any effort towards perfection; mere buoys that float on the waves.
-The division of society into masses and select minorities is, then, not a division into social classes, but into classes of men.
-A characteristic of our times is the predominance, even in groups traditionally selective, of the mass and the vulgar.
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