Mediocrity makes the most of its native possessions.

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

All sorrow has its root in man's inability to sit quiet in a room by himself.

It is right that what is just should be obeyed. It is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed.

The arithmetical machine produces effects that approach nearer to thought than all the actions of animals. But it does nothing that would enable us to attribute will to it, as to the animals.

According to the doctrine of chance, you ought to put yourself to the trouble of searching for the truth; for if you die without worshiping the True Cause, you are lost. "But," say you, "if He had wished me to worship Him, He would have left me signs of His will." He has done so; but you neglect them. Seek them, therefore; it is well worth it.