Wonder Is The First Of All The

If I Found Any New Truths In The Sciences, I Can Say That They Follow From, Or Depend On, Five Or Six Principal Problems Which I Succeeded In Solving And Which I Regard As So Many Battles Where The Fortunes Of War Were On My Side.

And As It Is The Most Generous Souls Who Have Most Gratitude, It Is Those Who Have Most Pride, And Who Are Most Base And Infirm, Who Most Allow Themselves To Be Carried Away By Anger And Hatred.

He Lives Well Who Is Well Hidden.

Your Joy Is Your Sorrow Unmasked. And The Self-same Well From Which Your Laughter Rises Was Often-times Filled With Your Tears.

Before Examining This More Carefully And Investigating Its Consequences, I Want To Dwell For A Moment In The Contemplation Of God, To Ponder His Attributes In Me, To See, Admire, And Adore The Beauty Of His Boundless Light, Insofar As My Clouded Insight Allows. Believing That The Supreme Happiness Of The Other Life Consists Wholly Of The Contemplation Of Divine Greatness, I Now Find That Through Less Perfect Contemplation Of The Same Sort I Can Gain The Greatest Joy Available In This Life.