The men of sense, the idols of the shallow, are very inferior to the men of passions. It is the strong passions which, rescuing us from sloth, impart to us that continuous and earnest attention necessary to great intellectual efforts. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors. But the number of these men is so… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
A man who believes that he eats his God we do not call mad; yet, a man who says he is Jesus Christ, we… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
The men of sense, the idols of the shallow, are very inferior to the men of passions. It is the strong passions which, rescuing… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
No nation has reason to regard itself superior to others by virtue of its innate endowment. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
The degree of genius necessary to please us is pretty nearly the same proportion that we ourselves have. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
Pleasure and pain are the only springs of action in man, and always will be. — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
