Man, in spite of his fatal degradation, bears always the evident marks of his divine origin, in that every universal belief is always more or less true. Joseph de Maistre Read Quote
In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum. Joseph de Maistre Read Quote
Without doubt, God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it. Joseph de Maistre Read Quote
We recognize in a plant some unknown power, a single, form-giving force, which creates and conserves, which moves unwaveringly toward its end, which appropriates what is useful to it and rejects that which would harm it. Joseph de Maistre Read Quote
Man may well have covered over and, so to speak, encrusted the truth with the errors he has loaded onto it, but these errors are local, and universal truth will always show itself. Joseph de Maistre Read Quote
Genius is a grace. The true man of genius acts by movement or by impulsion. Joseph de Maistre Read Quote
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. Joseph de Maistre Read Quote
It is one of man’s curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. Joseph de Maistre Read Quote
