“Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.”
Power“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.”
Truth“Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.”
Power“Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.”
Power“Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.”
Men“Chance gives rise to thoughts, and chance removes them no art can keep or acquire them.”
Art“Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.”
Sports“Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.”
Nature“Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.”
God“Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.”
Truth“Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.”
Business“If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.”
Future“Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.”
Nature“If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.”
Men“Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.”
Truth“The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.”
Alone“I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”
Time“Our nature consists in motion complete rest is death.”
Death“The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.”
Great“It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.”
Good“Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?”
Nature“As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.”
Death