Except God no substance can be granted or conceived. .. Everything, I say, is in God, and all things which are made, are made by the laws of the infinite nature of God, and necessarily follows from the necessity of his essence.

Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.

Love is nothing but joy accompanied with the idea of an eternal cause.

The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God.

I do not believe anyone has reached such perfection, surpassing all others, except Christ, to whom God immediately revealed - without words or visions - the conditions which lead to salvation.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.