Jaime Luciano Balmes Quote

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

Even good feelings, if excessively exalted, are capable of leading us to deplorable errors.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

A lazy man is a clock without a spring.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

I convinced myself that to doubt everything is to lack the most precise of human reasoning, which is common sense.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Firm will is not the same as energetic will, much less impetuous will.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

The act of reading is like food; the benefit is not in proportion to what is consumed, but to what is digested.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Woe to the people governed by a Power that must think of its own preservation!

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Reason is a monarch condemned to continually struggle with the rebellious passions.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Terrible is the error when it usurps the name of science.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

One should read a lot, but not many books; this is an excellent rule.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

He who does not tolerate intolerance is not tolerant.

Jaime Luciano Balmes

Labor is a natural title to the property of the fruits of it, and legislation that does not respect that principle is inherently unjust.

Jaime Luciano Balmes