“Let the man know what he is worth. Let him love himself, for he is capable of good ”,“ let him despise himself, for the ability to good remains in him in vain ”...

"A purely mathematical mind will work correctly only if it knows in advance all the definitions and beginnings, otherwise it is confused and becomes unbearable." “The mind, knowing directly, is not able to patiently search for the primary principles that underlie purely speculative, abstract concepts that it does not encounter in everyday life and is not familiar to it. "It so happens that a person who reasonably discusses phenomena of a certain order is nonsense when the question is about phenomena of a different order." “Whoever is accustomed to judge and evaluate at the prompting of his senses does not understand anything in logical conclusions, because he seeks to penetrate the subject of research at first glance and does not want to explore the principles on which he is based. On the contrary, those who are accustomed to studying the beginnings do not understand anything in the arguments of the feeling, because they are looking for what they are based on, and they are not able to cover the subject with a single look. ” "Feeling is as easily corrupted as the mind." “The smarter the person, the more originality he finds in everyone with whom he communicates. For an ordinary man, all people are on one face. ”

“Eloquence is the art of speaking in such a way that those whom we speak to listen not only without difficulty, but also with pleasure.” "We must maintain simplicity and naturalness, not exaggerate the little things, not downplay the significant." “The form must be elegant”, “correspond to the content and contain everything necessary”. “Otherwise, the apart words take on a different meaning, otherwise the apart thoughts make a different impression.”

“It is necessary to distract the mind from the work begun only to give it rest, and even then not when it pleases, but when necessary”: “rest does not tire in time, but fatigue distracts from labor”.

“When you read a work written in a simple, natural syllable, you involuntarily rejoice.”

“It’s good when someone is called” “just a decent person.”

"We are not capable of either comprehensive knowledge or complete ignorance." “The middle given to us as an inheritance is equally distant from both extremes, so does it matter if a person knows a little more or less?”

“Imagination” is “a human ability, deceiving, sowing errors and errors.” “Put the wisest philosopher on a wide board over the abyss; no matter how much the mind tells him that he is safe, the imagination will prevail. ” "Imagination rules everything - beauty, justice, happiness, everything that is valued in this world."

“When a person is healthy, it is not clear to him how sick people live, and when he is boasted,” “he has other passions and desires.” “By our very nature, we are unhappy always and under all circumstances.” “A person is so unhappy that he languishes with longing even for no reason, simply because of his special position in the world.” "Human condition: inconstancy, longing, anxiety." “The essence of human nature is in motion. Complete peace means death. " "We are comforted by any trifle, because any trifle makes us discouraged." “We will understand the meaning of all human activities if we delve into the essence of entertainment.”

"Of all the provisions" "the position of the monarch is the most jealous." “He is gratified in all his desires, but try to deprive him of entertainment, provide thoughts and thoughts about what he is”, “and this happiness will collapse”, “he will involuntarily plunge into thoughts about threats of fate, about possible rebellions”, “ about death and inevitable ailments. " “And it turns out that the monarch deprived of entertainment” is “more unhappy than his most miserable subject, who indulges in games and other entertainments.” “That's why people value games and chatter with women so much, they are so eager to get into a war or occupy a high position. It is not the point that they expect to find happiness in this ":" we are looking for "" anxieties that entertain us and lead us away from painful thoughts. " “The advantage of the monarch lies in the fact that they vying with each other try to entertain and give him all the pleasures that exist in the world.”

"Entertainment is our only joy in sorrow." “A man from childhood” is “burdened with studies, language learning, bodily exercises, tirelessly instilling that he will not be happy if he” fails to maintain “health, good name, property”, and “the slightest need for anything will make him miserable. " “And so many deeds and responsibilities are falling upon him that from dawn to dawn he is in a hectic and worried way.” "Take away from him these worries, and he will be shaken to think that he is where he came from, where he is going - that is why he needs to be immersed in business with his head, turning him away from thoughts."

“How empty the human heart is and how much sewage in this desert!”

“People live in such a complete misunderstanding of the vanity of all human life that they are completely at a loss when they are told about the meaninglessness of the pursuit of honors. Well, is it not amazing! ”

“We are so miserable that at first we rejoice at luck,” and then “are tormented when she cheats on us.” “Whoever learns to rejoice at luck and not grieve over failure would make a surprising discovery — it would be the same as inventing the perpetual motion machine.”

“We are blithely rushing to the abyss, covering our eyes with anything horrible, so as not to see where we are running.” But even realizing "all the sorrow of our being, which brings us troubles," we "still do not lose some instinct that is indestructible and exalts us."

“It is not good to be too free. It’s not good not to know the need. ”

"Man is not an angel and not an animal," but his misfortune is "that the more he seeks to become like an angel, the more he turns into an animal." "A man is so arranged that he cannot always go forward - he goes now, then he comes back." "The greatness of man is in his ability to think." "Man is only a reed, the weakest of the creations of nature, but he is a thinking reed."

"The power of the mind is that it recognizes the existence of many phenomena." "Nothing is more in agreement with reason than his distrust of himself." “We must obey reason without question than with any lord, for he who rereads the mind is unhappy, and he who rereads the lord is only stupid.” "Reason always and in everything resorts to the help of memory." “The soul does not hold on to the heights that the mind sometimes reaches in a single impulse: it rises there not as a throne, not forever, but only for a short moment.”

“We comprehend the existence and nature of the finite, for they themselves are finite and extended, as it is. We comprehend the existence of the infinite, but do not know its nature, for it is extended, as we are, but has no boundaries. But we do not comprehend neither the existence nor the nature of God, for he has neither extension nor boundaries. Only faith reveals its existence to us, only grace reveals its nature. ” “Faith says things other than our feelings, but never contradicts their testimonies. She is above the senses, but does not oppose them. "

“It is fair to obey justice, one cannot but obey force. Justice not supported by force is weak, power not supported by justice is tyrannical. Powerless justice will always be opposed, because bad people are not translated, they will always be indignant with unjust power. So, we must combine power with justice. ” However, "the concept of justice is as fashionable as women's jewelry."

“Why do people follow the majority? Is it because it is right? No, because it’s strong. ” “Why do they follow the old laws and views? Because they are sound? No, because they are generally accepted and do not allow the seeds of discord to germinate. ” "Those who are able to invent new things are few in number, and the majority wants to follow only the generally accepted." "Do not boast about your ability to innovate, be content with the consciousness that you have it."

“He who does not love the truth turns away from it under the pretext that it is in dispute, that most deny it. So, his delusion is conscious, it stems from dislike of truth and good, and this person has no forgiveness. "

“People don’t get bored of eating and sleeping every day, because the desire to eat and sleeping is renewed every day, and if it weren’t for this, no doubt, would get bored. Therefore, one who does not experience hunger is burdened with spiritual food, The hunger for truth: the highest bliss. ” “I trouble myself for his sake” - this is the essence of respect for another person, and this is “deeply fair”.

"Human weakness is the source of many wonderful things."

“The greatness of man is so certain that it is confirmed even by his insignificance. For we mean nothing in man that which is considered to be nature in animals, thereby confirming that if now his nature is not much different from the animal, then once, while he was awake, she was blameless. ”

"Self-interest and power are the source of all our actions: self-interest is the source of the actions of the conscious, power is the unconscious." "A man is great even in his self-interest, for this property taught him to observe the exemplary order in business."

“The greatness of man is so great that he recognizes his insignificance. The tree of its insignificance is not aware. ”

"People are crazy, and this is such a general rule that not being crazy would also be a kind of madness."

"The power of flies: they win battles, dull our souls, torment bodies."