Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
Luc de ClapiersThe greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
Luc de ClapiersThe mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
Luc de ClapiersNewton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!".
Luc de Clapiers