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Nicolas Malebranche Quotes

Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to God alone Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When I touch a human hand, I touch heaven Picture Quote #1

I am not my own light unto myself Picture Quote #1

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Imagination is the mad boarder Picture Quote #1

One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it Picture Quote #1

We can always make ourselves liked provided we act likable, but we cannot always make ourselves esteemed, no matter what our merits are Picture Quote #1

We are rational creatures: Our virtue and perfection is to love reason, or rather to love order Picture Quote #1

I do not believe there is anything useful which men can know with exactitude that they cannot know by arithmetic and algebra Picture Quote #1

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) When I touch a human hand, I touch heaven (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) I am not my own light unto myself (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) Imagination is the mad boarder (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) We can always make ourselves liked provided we act likable, but we cannot always make ourselves esteemed, no matter what our merits are (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) We are rational creatures: Our virtue and perfection is to love reason, or rather to love order (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) I do not believe there is anything useful which men can know with exactitude that they cannot know by arithmetic and algebra (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) 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 Quotes) You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) 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 Quotes) Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of (Nicolas Malebranche Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes)