In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible ; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another.

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

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.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

God is not He who is, but That which is.

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

The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion to cloak the fear by which they must be held in check, so that they will fight for their servitude as if for salvation.