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

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

It is not possible that we should remember that we existed before our body, for our body can bear no trace of such existence, neither can eternity be defined i…

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…