The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God.
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, is to understand things by intuition.
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
The more you struggle to live, the less you live.
Insofar as a thing is in harmony with our nature, it is necessarily good.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
智者寻求的善,就是智者。
人类能够达到的最高活动是为了理解而学习,因为理解就是自由。
欲望是人的本质。
思想,在理解和想象的程度上,都是被动的。
爱上帝的人不能期望上帝回报他的爱。
除非将某人的行动置于其整个生活背景中看待,否则无法完全理解其行动。
和平是最高的善,因为它是心灵与其本性最完全一致的状态。
我一直在不停地努力,不嘲笑、不哀叹、不嘲笑人类的行为,而是理解它们。
我们越理解个别事物,我们就越理解上帝。
思维的最高追求,也是最高的美德,是通过直觉来理解事物。
和平不是战争的缺席,而是建立在性格坚强的美德之上。