I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my life, that I do not think that the human spirit may know anything with greater evidence and certitude.

And thereby make ourselves, as it were, the lords and masters of nature.

So far, I have been a spectator in this theater which is the world, but I am now about to mount the stage, and I come forward masked.

We do not describe the world we see, we see the world we can describe.

Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

Instead I ought to be grateful to Him who never owed me anything for having been so generous to me, rather than think that He deprived me of those things or has taken away from me whatever He did not give me.

Few look for truth; many prowl about for a reputation of profundity by arrogantly challenging whichever arguments are the best.