Zitate von Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

„Es gibt keinen Zufall in der Regelung der menschlichen Dinge, und Glück ist ein Wort ohne Sinn.“

Politik gezogen aus den Worten der Heiligen Schrift

„Gute Grundsätze, zum Extrem geführt, verderben alles.“

Politik gezogen aus den Worten der heiligen Schrift

„Nehmt die Liebe weg, und es bleiben keine Leidenschaften; setzt sie hinzu, und diese werden alle wieder geboren.“

Politik gezogen aus den Worten der Heiligen Schrift

„Inmitten der Verschleierungen und Kunstgriffe die über die Menschen herrscht, ist es nur die Aufmerksamkeit und Wachsamkeit, die uns vor Überraschungen retten kann.“

Von der Erkenntnis Gottes und seiner selbst

„Aber Gott lacht über die Gebete, die man an ihn richtet um die öffentlichen Übel abzuwenden, wenn man sich nicht dem widersetzt, was geschieht um sie anzuziehen.“

- Seite 132, "Politics drawn from the very words of Holy Scripture", von Jacques Bénigne Bossuet & Patrick Riley

„The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak.“

Euvres complètes, Tome XIV, Livre IV, N. III.

„The inexorable boredom that is at the core of life.“

Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture (1709)

„Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened by a single flaw.“

As quoted in A Book of French Quotations (1963) edited by Norbert Guterman

„Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.“

Quoted in "The Forbes Book of Business Quotations" (1997) by Edward C. Goodman, Ted Goodman , p. 411

„In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.“

Quoted in Quote Unquote : A Handbook of Quotations (2007) by M. P. Singh, p. 96

„Nature, or to speak in more Christian fashion, God, the common Father of men, from the outset gave equal rights to all his children to all the things they needed to preserve their lives. None of us can boast of being more privileged than the rest by nature; but through the insatiable desire to amass wealth, it became impossible for this beautiful brotherhood to endure for long in the world. Men had to resort to division and possession, which resulted in constant quarrels and litigation; of this were born the words 'mine' and 'thine'—such cold terms, as the admirable St. John Chrysostom remarks—of this, too, was born the great diversity of conditions, some living in affluence in every respect, others languishing in penury.“

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