If Religion Has Given Birth To All

We Do Not Condemn It Because It Is A Crime, But It Is A Crime Because We Condemn It.

Each New Generation Is Reared By Its Predecessor; The Latter Must Therefore Improve In Order To Improve Its Successor. The Movement Is Circular.

By Definition, Sacred Beings Are Separated Beings. That Which Characterizes Them Is That There Is A Break Of Continuity Between Them And The Profane Beings.

Man Could Not Live If He Were Entirely Impervious To Sadness. Many Sorrows Can Be Endured Only By Being Embraced, And The Pleasure Taken In Them Naturally Has A Somewhat Melancholy Character.

It Is Too Great Comfort Which Turns A Man Against Himself. Life Is Most Readily Renounced At The Time And Among The Classes Where It Is Least Harsh.