It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
Denis DiderotIt has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
Denis DiderotBut if you will recall the history of our civil troubles, you will see half the nation bathe itself, out of piety, in the blood of the other half, and violate the fundamental feelings of humanity in order to sustain the cause of God: as though it were necessary to cease to be a man in order to prove oneself religious!
Denis Diderot