I Wanted To Be A Part Of

It Appears Evident, Therefore, That Those Actions Only Can Truly Be Called Virtuous, And Deserving Of Moral Approbation, Which The Agent Believed To Be Right, And To Which He Was Influenced, More Or Less, By That Belief.

The Laws Of Nature Are The Rules According To Which The Effects Are Produced; But There Must Be A Cause Which Operates According To These Rules. The Laws Of Navigation Never Navigated A Ship. The Rules Of Architecture Never Built A House.

There Is No Greater Impediment To The Advancement Of Knowledge Than The Ambiguity Of Words. To This Chiefly It Is Owing That We Find Sects And Parties In Most Branches Of Science [and Politics]; And Disputes That Are Carried On From Age To Age, Without Being Brought To Issue.

Every Indication Of Wisdom, Taken From The Effect, Is Equally An Indication Of Power To Execute What Wisdom Planned.

A Philosopher Is, No Doubt, Entitled To Examine Even Those Distinctions That Are To Be Found In The Structure Of All Languages... In That Case, Such A Distinction May Be Imputed To A Vulgar Error, Which Ought To Be Corrected In Philosophy.