To Ridicule Philosophy Is Really To Philosophize.

Discourses On Humility Are A Source Of Pride In The Vain And Of Humility In The Humble.

The Gospel To Me Is Simply Irresistible.

All The Dignity Of Man Consists In Thought. Thought Is Therefore By Its Nature A Wonderful And Incomparable Thing. It Must Have Strange Defects To Be Contemptible. But It Has Such, So That Nothing Is More Ridiculous. How Great It Is In Its Nature! How Vile It Is In Its Defects! But What Is This Thought? How Foolish It Is!

The Supreme Function Of Reason Is To Show Man That Some Things Are Beyond Reason.

The Art Of Revolutionizing And Overturning States Is To Undermine Established Customs, By Going Back To Their Origin, In Order To Mark Their Want Of Justice.