“There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.”
Fear
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
PeaceAll Quotes by Baruch Spinoza
“Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.”
Alone“Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.”
Nature“Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.”
Motivational“Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.”
Power“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“He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.”
Alone“Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.”
Peace“All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.”
Happiness“Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.”
Freedom“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“Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.”
Happiness“Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.”
Jealousy“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“Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.”
Nature“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
Learning“I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.”
Religion“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
Peace“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“Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.”
Fear