Man is so made that if he is told often enough that he is a fool he believes it.
All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
The state of man is inconstancy, ennui, anxiety.
Continuous eloquence wearies.
We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.
The statements of atheists ought to be perfectly clear of doubt. Now it is not perfectly clear that the soul is material.