All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.

Description of man: dependence, longing for independence, need.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

Flies are so mighty that they win battles, paralyse our minds, eat up our bodies.

Rivers are highways that move on and bear us whither we wish to go.

When we would think of God, how many things we find which turn us away from Him, and tempt us to think otherwise. All this is evil, yet it is innate.

Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.