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

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."

"He who wishes to revenge injuries by retaliating them, will live in a circle of hatred."

"The more the mind understands, the more capable it is of understanding other things."

"The more knowledge we have of things, the more complete and perfect is our knowledge of God."