By space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world.

It is a dangerous experiment to call in gratitude as an ally to love. Love is a debt which inclination always pays, obligation never.

Justice is as much a matter of fashion as charm is.

And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?

Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we can give it only by reasoning, waiting for God to give them spiritual insight, without which faith is only human and useless for salvation.

Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.

You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend.