Quotes by Diderot, Denis

The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end w >>

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, >>

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them re >>

Quotations about Asceticism

The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently p >>

The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue. >>

If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes t >>

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

Diderot, Denis