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The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.

History should be written as philosophy.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted.

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man’s own will.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from… Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.