Author: Denis Diderot

Quotes

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.

- Denis Diderot

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

- Denis Diderot

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

- Denis Diderot

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

- Denis Diderot

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

- Denis Diderot

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

- Denis Diderot

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.

- Denis Diderot

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

- Denis Diderot

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

- Denis Diderot

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