The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed along with the body, but something of it remains, which is eternal.

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.

To comprehend an idea, a person must simultaneously accept it as true. Conscious analysis - which, depending on the idea, may occur almost immediately or with considerable effort - allows the mind to reject what it intially accepted as fact.

If we conceive that anyone loves, desires, or hates anything which we ourselves love, desire, or hate, we shall thereupon regard the thing in question with more steadfast love, etc. On the contrary, if we think that anyone shrinks from something that we love, we shall undergo vacillation of the soul.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning, understanding, rationality, controlled imagination, preparation, mental focus (including distraction) and a gratitude attitude is very helpful.]

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.