"The human mind has a knowledge of God, and knows that it is in God, and is conceived through God."

"The intellectual love of God is eternal."

"Man, in so far as he is determined to act, is a part of nature, and is necessarily determined to do whatever he does."

"He who is led by fear and does good to avoid evil, is not guided by reason."

"Men are deceived if they think themselves free, a belief that consists only in this, that they are conscious of their actions and ignorant of the causes by which they are determined."