"For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe, - that unless I believed, I should not understand." p. 53

"Or is there no such nature, since the fool hath said in his heart, there is no God? (Psalms xiv. I)." p. 53

"So truly, therefore, dost thou exist, O Lord, my God, that thou canst not be conceived not to exist; and rightly." p. 55

"Certain brethren have often and earnestly entreated me to put in writing some thoughts that I had offered them in familiar conversation, regarding meditation on the Being of God, and on some other topics connected with this subject, under the form of a meditation on these themes." p. 81

"Though this truth is inexplicable, it demands belief." p. 173

"It is, therefore, most obvious that the rational creature was created for this purpose...