Something Incomprehensible Is Not For That Reason

(man,) The Glory And The Scandal Of The Universe.

It Is Impossible On Reasonable Grounds To Disbelieve Miracles.

We Know Then The Existence And Nature Of The Finite, Because We Also Are Finite And Have Extension. We Know The Existence Of The Infinite And Are Ignorant Of Its Nature, Because It Has Extension Like Us, But Not Limits Like Us. But We Know Neither The Existence Nor The Nature Of God, Because He Has Neither Extension Nor Limits.

All Men's Miseries Derive From Not Being Able To Sit In A Quiet Room Alone.

Eloquence Is A Way Of Saying Things In Such A Way, First, That Those To Whom We Speak May Listen To Them Without Pain And With Pleasure, And Second, That They Feel Themselves Interested, So That Self-love Leads Them More Willingly To Reflection Upon It.