"There are two labyrinths of the human mind: one concerns the composition of the continuum, and the other the nature of freedom, and both spring from the same source—the infinite."

"The monads are the substantial atoms of nature."

"The nature of the monad is representative; consequently, nothing can limit it to represent only a part of things."

"Why is there something rather than nothing?"

"Make me the master of education, and I will undertake to change the world."