“Every time that a man who is not an absolute fool presents you with a question he considers very problematic after giving it careful thought, distrust those quick answers that come to the mind of someone who has considered it only briefly or not at all. These answers are usually simplistic views lacking in consistency, which explain nothing, or which do not bear examination.” MenGivingMindAnswersViewsFoolBearsAbsolutesCarefulLackingConsistencyDistrustExamination Book:St Petersburg Dialogues: Or Conversations on the Temporal Government of Providence Source: St Petersburg Dialogues: Or Conversations on the Temporal Government of Providence
“All grandeur, all power, and all subordination to authority rests on the executioner: he is the horror and the bond of human association. Remove this incomprehensible agent from the world and at that very moment order gives way to chaos, thrones topple and society disappears.” WorldWayGivingHumansMomentsOrderHorrorAuthorityChaosDisappearAgentsRemoveAssociationThronesGrandeurExecutionersSubordination Author:Joseph de Maistre
“There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work.” GivingHomeEasyDifficultLearningDoorsMethodDifficult Things Author:Joseph de Maistre
