Gottfried Leibniz

"The beauty of truth is that it needs no defense."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."

"The family is the foundation of all social bonds."

"Change is the only constant in the universe."

"Wisdom comes from understanding our own limitations."

"The greatest achievement is the betterment of humanity."

"Love and reason together create the good society."

"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."

"Imagination exceeds knowledge in importance."

"Every small thing reflects the pattern of the whole."

"The present is pregnant with the future."

"There is nothing in the intellect that was not first in the senses, except the intellect itself."

"Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting."

"A person is never happy except through the hope of something."

"The soul is the form of the body."

"Confused ideas are the source of error."

"If God is omnipotent, then he is responsible for evil."

"There is no perfect justice without perfect knowledge."

"Nature never makes jumps."

"All things must be understood in the context of infinity."

"The mind is like an infinity of Leibniz's monads, each reflecting the universe."

"Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of harmony."

"We are born not to be happy but to act."

"The greatest power lies in understanding the nature of things."

"Man is free, but his freedom is limited by his nature."

"Every substance is like a complete world."

"Patience is the foundation of all virtues."

"The body cannot act upon the mind, nor the mind upon the body."

"True love is not found but created through understanding."

"History is the record of human striving and human folly."