A miracle signifies nothing more than an event... the cause of which cannot be explained by another familiar instance, or.... which the narrator is unable to explain.

Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Things could not have been brought into being by God in any manner or in any order different from that which has in fact obtained.

The holy word of God is on everyone's lips...but...we see almost everyone presenting their own versions of God's word, with the sole purpose of using religion as a pretext for making others think as they do.

The greatest secret of monarchic rule...is to keep men deceived and to cloak in the specious name of religion the fear by which they must be checked, so that they will fight for slavery as they would for salvation, and will think it not shameful, but a most honorable achievement, to give their life and blood that one man may have a ground for boasting.

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.