By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. |
Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy |
Education made us what we are |
Genius is nothing but continued attention. |
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers, which are always repulsed by the anvil |
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors....But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. |
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it. |
We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do the one who says he is Jesus Christ |
We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do the one who says he is Jesus Christ |