“When one wants to be famous, one has to dive gracefully into rivers of the blood of cannon-blasted bodies.”
Comte de Lautréamont“Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.”
Auguste Comte“To understand a science, it is necessary to know its history.”
Auguste Comte“Every science consists in the coordination of facts; if the different observations were entirely isolated, there would be no science.”
Auguste Comte“The sacred formula of positivism: love as a principle, the order as a foundation, and progress as a goal.”
Auguste Comte“Melancholy and sadness are the start of doubt... doubt is the beginning of despair despair is the cruel beginning of the differing degrees of wickedness. ”
Comte de Lautreamont“The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.”
Comte de Lautreamont“Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.”
Comte de Lautreamont“Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on hold fast hold out. Patience is genius.”
Comte de Buffon“My God, Justin, do you hate him so?""Bah!" said his Grace..."does one hate an adder? Because it is venomous and loathsome one crushes it underfoot, as I shall crush this Comte.”
Georgette Heyer, These Old Shades“According to the philosopher Andre Comte-Sponville: The wise man has nothing left to expect or to hope for. Because he is entirely happy, he needs nothing. Because he needs nothing, he is entirely happy.”
Matthieu Ricard