A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he is Jesus Christ, we call mad.
Claude Adrien HelvetiusEvery man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Claude Adrien HelvetiusDiscipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.
Claude Adrien HelvetiusDiscipline is, in a manner, nothing else but the art of inspiring the soldiers with greater fear of their officers than of the enemy. This fear has often the effect of courage: but it cannot prevail against the fierce and obstinate valor of people animated by fanaticism, or warm love of their country.
Claude Adrien Helvetius