The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest. – Henry David Thoreau

The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics. – Carl Gustav Jung

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd. – Epicurus