The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.

One does every day and without a second thought, what at another time would be the event of a year, perhaps of a life.

By nature, man is lazy, working only under compulsion; and when he is strong we will always live, as far as he can, upon the labor or the property of the weak.

The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the mass of testimony to her direct action and constant presence in every moment and form of the illusion which men thought they thought their existence.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights.

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.