"Each simple substance or Monad is a mirror of the universe according to its point of view."

"Every distinct perception implies infinity."

"The happiness of a fool would be unbearable."

"I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity."

"A created thing is said to act outwardly in so far as it has perfection, and to be acted upon by another in so far as it is imperfect. Thus action is attributed to the monad in so far as it has distin…"