“We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.” MeanSelfHateSelf LoveLosingContraryPursueSelfishnessMixturesReally MeanLoving OthersSelf HateLosing Ourselves Author:Paul Valery
“The "determinist" swears that if we knew everything we should also be able to deduce and foretell the conduct of every man in every circumstance, and that is obvious enough. But the expression "know everything" means nothing.” IfsKnowsMenShouldMeanEnoughAbleExpressionCircumstancesObviousEvery ManSwear Author:Paul Valery
“It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affection only by means of another.” MeanLawAffectionLaws Of Nature Author:Paul Valery
“Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.” MeanScienceLiteratureTechnologySuccessfulAtheismRecipes Author:Paul Valery
“To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone - but that is all it means.” MeanPersonsOneselfSincereSincerity Author:Paul Valery
