That which makes us go so far for love is that we never think that we might have need of anything besides that which we love.

If man were happy, he would be the more so, the less he was diverted, like the saints and God.

By thought I embrace the universe.

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the truth discover it

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

We know then the existence and nature of the finite, because we also are finite and have extension. We know the existence of the infinite and are ignorant of its nature, because it has extension like us, but not limits like us. But we know neither the existence nor the nature of God, because he has neither extension nor limits.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.