Date of birth: 1823-02-28
Date of death: 1892-10-12
Quotes number: 20
Nationality: French
Profession: Philosopher
All history is incomprehensible without Christ.
All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles.
As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.
Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why.
Communism is in conflict with human nature.
God, if there is a God, take my soul, if I have a soul.
He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign.
I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.
In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.
Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.