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.

All this visible world is but an imperceptible point in the ample bosom of nature.

We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth.

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

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

To scorn philosophy is truly to philosophize.

When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.