The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Human infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage : for, when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, but lies at the mercy of fortune : so much so, that he is often compelled, while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.

Reality and perfection are synonymous.

[Believers] are but triflers who, when they cannot explain a thing, run back to the will of God; this is, truly, a ridiculous way of expressing ignorance.

The virtue of a free man appears equally great in refusing to face difficulties as in overcoming them.

We can always get along better by reason and love of truth than by worry of conscience and remorse...we should strive to keep worry from our life.

If we love something similar to ourselves, we endeavor, as far as we can, to bring it about that it should love us in return.