I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity of his mind, and please do not forget to meditate upon the subject of our discussion. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
We see things in this material world, wherein our bodies dwell, only because our mind through its attention lives in another world, only because it contemplates the beauties of the archetypal and intelligible world which Reason contains. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
God joins us together by means of the body, in consequence of the laws of the communication of movements. He affects us with the same feelings in consequence of the laws of the conjunction of body and soul. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
God transforms, so to speak, this air into words, into various sounds. He makes you understand these various sounds through the modifications by which you are affected. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
I love good and pleasure, I hate evil and pain, I want to be happy and I am not mistaken in believing, that people, angels and even demons have those same inclinations. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to God alone. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
