God is without passions, neither is he affected by any emotion of pleasure or pain. ... Strictly speaking, God does not love or hate anyone.

He who clearly and distinctly understands himself and his emotions loves God, and so much the more in proportion as he more understands himself and his emotion…

The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed with the body, but there remains of it something which is eternal.

Those are most desirous of honor and glory who cry out the loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.