In this connection, faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
All creatures are united to God alone in an immediate union. They depend essentially and directly upon Him. Being all alike equally impotent, they cannot be in reciprocal dependence upon one another. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
He has willed – He wills incessantly – that the modifications of the mind and those of the body shall be reciprocal. This is the conjunction and the natural dependence of the two parts of which we are constituted. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote
You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world. Nicolas Malebranche Read Quote