It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the truth. - Blaise Pascal

Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical.

Imagine a number of men in chains, all under sentence of death, some of whom are each day butchered in the sight of others those remaining see their own condition in that of their fellows, and looking at each other with grief and despair await their turn. This is an image of the human condition.

The greatest and most important thing in the world is founded on weakness. This is a remarkably sure foundation, for nothing is surer than that the people will be weak.