Full Idea
We can regard it as certain that everything is done by God in the most perfect way, that he does nothing which is contrary to reason.
Gist of Idea
God does everything in a perfect way, and never acts contrary to reason
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (On Freedom [1689], p.109)
Book Reference
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Parkinson,G.H.R. [Dent 1973], p.109
A Reaction
The famous optimism which Voltaire laughed at in 'Candide'. I can't help thinking that there is an ideal of God being ABOVE reason. We reason, and give reasons, because we are unsure, and life is a struggle. The highest ideal is mystically self-evident.