Nicolas Malebranche

Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the Soul.

You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings.

Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to God alone.

As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to create.