Whatsoever the mind understands under the form of eternity, it does not understand by virtue of conceiving the present actual existence of the body, but by virtue of conceiving the essence of the body under the form of eternity.

The more we understand particular things, the more do we understand God.

He, who possesses a body capable of the greatest number of activities, possesses a mind whereof the greatest part is eternal.

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…