Yet nature cannot be contravened, but preserves a fixed and immutable order.

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.

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

Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love.

Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other things being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity.

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

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.