I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught.

Now it seems that everything in the world stems from sources other than God, since the products of nature have their source in nature; deliberate effects can be traced back to human reason or will as their source. There is no need then to assume that God exists.

Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.

The happy man in this life needs friends.

It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.

The last end of every maker, as such, is himself, for what we make we use for our own sake; and if at any time a man make a thing for the sake of something else, it is referred to his own good, whether his use, his pleasure, or his virtue.