“Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions ar...” — Gottfried Leibniz Quote

“Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory.”

“I also take it as granted that every created thing, and consequently the created monad also, is subject to change, and indeed that this change is continual in each one.”

“The ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God.”

“An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.”

“Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue.”

“Most challenges arise suddenly, with little warning. Climate change is different. For decades, we've known why global average temperatures are rising, why greenhouse gas concentrations are increasing, why the oceans are warming and weather patterns are growing more extreme.”