The wise man is astonished by anything.
Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours?
The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb; it repulses.
The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.
The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them.