Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical.

Nothing is so important to man as his own state; nothing is so formidable to him as eternity. And thus it is unnatural that thereshould be men indifferent to the loss of their existence and to the perils of everlasting suffering.

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.

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

Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us.

The property of power is to protect.

Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.