“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
Peace
“Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.”
AloneAll Quotes by Baruch Spinoza
“Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.”
Power“Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.”
Motivational“Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.”
Nature“To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.”
Power“I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.”
Beauty“All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.”
Happiness“Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.”
Nature“I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.”
Religion“Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.”
Nature“Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.”
Freedom“Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.”
Jealousy“For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
Peace“One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf.”
Music“Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.”
Peace“He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.”
Alone“Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.”
Happiness“Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.”
Fear“There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.”
Fear“Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.”
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