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

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

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

The greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward us, the greater will be our complacency.

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

Desire is the very essence of man