"I will that there be a God, that my existence in this world be also an existence outside the chain of physical causes and in a pure world of the understanding, and lastly, that my duration be endless; I firmly abide by this, and will not let this faith be taken from me; for in this instance alone my interest, because I must not relax anything of it, inevitably determines my judgement, without regarding sophistries, however unable I may be to answer them or to oppose them with others more plausible.
Jainkoa izan dadila nahi dut, mundu honetan dudan izatea naturaren elkarloturatik at adimenaren mundu bateko izatea izan dadila nahi dut, eta azkenik, nire iraupena amaigabea izan dadila nahi dut, horretan tematzen naiz eta ez dut onartuko sinesmen hori inork kentzea; izan ere, hor baino ez baita gertatzen nire interesak, ezertan indargetu behar ez dudana, nire judizioa ezinbestean determinatzen duela, arrazoikeriei arretarik eskaini gabe, hain ezgai banaiz ere horiei erantzuteko edo horiei itxurazkoagoak direnak aurkakotzeko.