If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In the whole vast dome of living nature there reigns an open violence, a kind of prescriptive fury which arms all the… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
Man in harmony with his Creator is sublime, and his action is creative; equally, once he separates himself from God and acts… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
“The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but a vast altar upon which all that is living must be sacrificed… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The word nature has given rise to a multitude of errors. Let me repeat that the nature of any being is the… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“In the whole vast dome of living nature there reigns an open violence. A kind of prescriptive fury which arms all the… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
It is not the mediocrity of women's education which makes their weakness; it is their weakness which necessarily causes their mediocrity. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
Without doubt God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it. He directs… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not.… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
“Thus is worked out, from maggots up to man, the universal law of the violent destruction of living beings. The whole earth, continually steeped… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil. — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes a song, noise acquires rhythm,… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
Every time that a man who is not an absolute fool presents you with a question he considers very problematic after giving it careful… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
Genius does not seem to derive any great support from syllogisms. Its carriage is free; its manner has a touch of inspiration. We see… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share
