"We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place."

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Source : Joseph de Maistre (2017). “The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment”, p.64, Routledge

Joseph de Maistre

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“Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.”
“Friendship (as the ancients saw) can be a school of virtue, but also (as they did not see) a school of vice. It is ambivalent. It makes good men better and bad men worse.”
“There is a vast difference between how things seem from the outside and how they feel on the inside.”
“I'm, like, a real nerd, in that I will take a book that is three inches thick and disappear and not leave until it's done.”
“Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow won't turn back on its way; you must damn the torrent at its source.”
“The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.”
“Worshippers aren't made when they see the enemy on the run, put to flight. The truth is, worshippers of God are made during dark, stormy nights. And how we respond to our storms determines just what kind of worshippers we are.”
“Such a caring for death, an awakening that keeps vigil over death, a conscience that looks death in the face, is another name for freedom.”

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