Julien Offray de La Mettrie

"Music is mathematics made sensible to the human ear."

"Freedom exists to the degree that we understand our own constraints."

"The mechanical order of nature contains all the beauty we could desire."

"To question is to think; to think is to be truly alive."

"Every act of creation is a rearrangement of what already exists."

"Power without knowledge is merely potential; knowledge without power is impotent."

"The pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of harmony with our nature."

"Memory is the body's way of preserving its own history."

"Imagination transforms the world from what it is to what it could be."

"Technology extends the body's reach; understanding extends the mind's reach."

"History proves that reason, though slow, ultimately prevails over superstition."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the management of competing natures."

"Adventure is the willingness to step beyond the boundaries of the known."

"Humor arises when expectations meet reality in unexpected ways."

"The greatest act of faith is trusting in the natural order of things."

"Perseverance is the body's refusal to accept defeat despite all evidence."

"Gratitude acknowledges the web of causality that sustains our existence."

"Kindness is enlightened self-interest expressed through action toward others."

"Fear and courage are not opposites; courage is fear that acts anyway."

"The tragedy of human existence is that we understand so little of what we are."

"Succession and regeneration are nature's answer to death's finality."

"The human body is a machine that winds itself up."

"We are nothing but the product of our organization."

"Thought is but a function of the brain, as bile is of the liver."

"Freedom consists in doing what one desires."

"The soul is but a word without a referent."

"Materialism is the only rational philosophy."

"We must not fear the truth, whatever it may be."

"The body and mind are inseparable in their operations."

"Pleasure is the natural goal of all living creatures."