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Gottfried Leibniz Quotes

I also take it as granted that every created thing, and consequently the created monad also, is subject to change, and indeed that this change is continual in each one Picture Quote #1

For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another Picture Quote #1

One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at the same time defining its terms Picture Quote #1

It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty Picture Quote #1

... a distinction must be made between true and false ideas, and that too much rein must not be given to a man’s imagination under pretext of its being a clear and distinct intellection Picture Quote #1

I agree with you that it is important to examine our presuppositions, throughly and once for all, in order to establish something solid. For I hold that it is only when we can prove all that we bring forward that we perfectly understand the thing under consideration. I know that the common herd takes little pleasure in these researches, but I know also that the common herd take little pains thoroughly to understand things Picture Quote #1

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Now this connection or adaption of all created things with each, and of each with all the rest, means that each simple substance has relations which express all the others, and that consequently it is a perpetual living mirror of the universe Picture Quote #1

The monad, of which we shall speak here, is nothing but a simple substance which enters into compounds; simple, that is to say, without parts Picture Quote #1

And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples Picture Quote #1

There is no way in which a simple substance could begin in the course of nature, since it cannot be formed by means of compounding Picture Quote #1

To love is to take delight in happiness of another, or, what amounts to the same thing, it is to account another’s happiness as one’s own Picture Quote #1

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future Picture Quote #1

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Each portion of matter may be conceived of as a garden full of plants, and as a pond full of fishes. But each branch of the plant, each member of the animal, each drop of its humors, is also such a garden or such a pond Picture Quote #1

If we were magically shrunk and put into someone’s brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working away and we would be able to describe the workings completely, in mechanical terms, thereby completely describing the thought processes of the brain. But that description would not contain any mention of thought! It would contain nothing but descriptions of pumps, pistons, levers! Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more important than to see the sources of invention which are, in my opinion more interesting than the inventions themselves Picture Quote #1

The art of discovering the causes of phenomena, or true hypothesis, is like the art of decyphering, in which an ingenious conjecture greatly shortens the road Picture Quote #1

Our reasonings are grounded upon two great principles, that of contradiction, in virtue of which we judge false that which involves a contradiction, and true that which is opposed or contradictory to the false Picture Quote #1

Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which cannot be proved and have no need of proof Picture Quote #1

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Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting Picture Quote #1

In my judgment an organic machine new to nature never arises, since it always contains an infinity of organs so that it can express, in its own way, the whole universe; indeed, it always contains all past and present times Picture Quote #1

There is nothing waste, nothing sterile, nothing dead in the universe; no chaos, no confusions, save in appearance Picture Quote #1

God makes nothing without order, and everything that forms itself develops imperceptibly out of small parts Picture Quote #1

I also readily admit that there are animals, taken in the ordinary sense, that are incomparably larger than those we know of, and I have sometimes said in jest that there might be a system like ours which is the pocketwatch of some enormous giant Picture Quote #1

God’s relation to spirits is not like that of a craftsman to his work, but also like that of a prince to his subjects Picture Quote #1

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I am convinced that the unwritten knowledge scattered among men of different callings surpasses in quantity and in importance anything we find in books, and that the greater part of our wealth has yet to be recorded Picture Quote #1

I have said more than once, that I hold space to be something purely relative, as time; an order of coexistences, as time is an order of successions Picture Quote #1

I don’t say that bodies like flint, which are commonly called inanimate, have perceptions and appetition; rather they have something of that sort in them, as worms are in cheese Picture Quote #1

It is worth noting that the notation facilitates discovery. This, in a most wonderful way, reduces the mind’s labour Picture Quote #1

I hold that it is only when we can prove everything we assert that we understand perfectly the thing under consideration Picture Quote #1

Indeed in general I hold that there is nothing truer than happiness, and nothing happier and sweeter than truth Picture Quote #1

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I also take it as granted that every created thing, and consequently the created monad also, is subject to change, and indeed that this change is continual in each one (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at the same time defining its terms (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) ... a distinction must be made between true and false ideas, and that too much rein must not be given to a man’s imagination under pretext of its being a clear and distinct intellection (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I agree with you that it is important to examine our presuppositions, throughly and once for all, in order to establish something solid. For I hold that it is only when we can prove all that we bring forward that we perfectly understand the thing under consideration. I know that the common herd takes little pleasure in these researches, but I know also that the common herd take little pains thoroughly to understand things (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Now this connection or adaption of all created things with each, and of each with all the rest, means that each simple substance has relations which express all the others, and that consequently it is a perpetual living mirror of the universe (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) The monad, of which we shall speak here, is nothing but a simple substance which enters into compounds; simple, that is to say, without parts (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) There is no way in which a simple substance could begin in the course of nature, since it cannot be formed by means of compounding (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) To love is to take delight in happiness of another, or, what amounts to the same thing, it is to account another’s happiness as one’s own (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Each portion of matter may be conceived of as a garden full of plants, and as a pond full of fishes. But each branch of the plant, each member of the animal, each drop of its humors, is also such a garden or such a pond (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) If we were magically shrunk and put into someone’s brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working away and we would be able to describe the workings completely, in mechanical terms, thereby completely describing the thought processes of the brain. But that description would not contain any mention of thought! It would contain nothing but descriptions of pumps, pistons, levers! (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Nothing is more important than to see the sources of invention which are, in my opinion more interesting than the inventions themselves (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) The art of discovering the causes of phenomena, or true hypothesis, is like the art of decyphering, in which an ingenious conjecture greatly shortens the road (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Our reasonings are grounded upon two great principles, that of contradiction, in virtue of which we judge false that which involves a contradiction, and true that which is opposed or contradictory to the false (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which cannot be proved and have no need of proof (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) In my judgment an organic machine new to nature never arises, since it always contains an infinity of organs so that it can express, in its own way, the whole universe; indeed, it always contains all past and present times (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) There is nothing waste, nothing sterile, nothing dead in the universe; no chaos, no confusions, save in appearance (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) God makes nothing without order, and everything that forms itself develops imperceptibly out of small parts (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I also readily admit that there are animals, taken in the ordinary sense, that are incomparably larger than those we know of, and I have sometimes said in jest that there might be a system like ours which is the pocketwatch of some enormous giant (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) God’s relation to spirits is not like that of a craftsman to his work, but also like that of a prince to his subjects (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I am convinced that the unwritten knowledge scattered among men of different callings surpasses in quantity and in importance anything we find in books, and that the greater part of our wealth has yet to be recorded (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I have said more than once, that I hold space to be something purely relative, as time; an order of coexistences, as time is an order of successions (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I don’t say that bodies like flint, which are commonly called inanimate, have perceptions and appetition; rather they have something of that sort in them, as worms are in cheese (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) It is worth noting that the notation facilitates discovery. This, in a most wonderful way, reduces the mind’s labour (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) I hold that it is only when we can prove everything we assert that we understand perfectly the thing under consideration (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes) Indeed in general I hold that there is nothing truer than happiness, and nothing happier and sweeter than truth (Gottfried Leibniz Quotes)

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