There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.

Quote by Denis Diderot

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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and...

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and...

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.

His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form...

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form...

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more...

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more...

Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of...

Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of...

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the...

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the...

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little...

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little...

Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths...

Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths...

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it

I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it

We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings...

We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings...

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed...

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed...

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

You have to make it happen.

You have to make it happen.

One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One...

One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One...

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the...

Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the...

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table...

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table...