Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
DENIS DIDEROTGratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
DENIS DIDEROTPhilosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
DENIS DIDEROTInstinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
DENIS DIDEROTIt is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
DENIS DIDEROTWhen we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
DENIS DIDEROTFrom fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
DENIS DIDEROTI have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.
DENIS DIDEROTPoetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
DENIS DIDEROTOnly the bad man is alone.
DENIS DIDEROTThe wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.
DENIS DIDEROTThere are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
DENIS DIDEROTFor me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
DENIS DIDEROTSkepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
DENIS DIDEROTMankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.
DENIS DIDEROTOnly passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
DENIS DIDEROTThe possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
DENIS DIDEROT