Jaime Luciano Balmes Quotes

Certain men have the talent to see a lot in everything. But they are unfortunate to see everything that is not there, and nothing of what is there.

The concern for thinking well is not only of interest to philosophers, but also to the simplest of people.

Laziness, that is, the passion for inaction, has, to triumph, an advantage over other passions, and that is that it demands nothing.

The men capable of raising and carrying forward a flag are very few.

Great men are simple, while mediocre ones are pompous.

When abuses are great and entrenched, the push to uproot them must be strong.

It is not very difficult to attack the opinions of others, but it is difficult to support one's own: because human reason is as weak for building as it is a formidable battering ram for destruction.

Man employs hypocrisy to deceive himself, perhaps more than to deceive others.