The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Learning Quotes, Understanding Quotes

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that...

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that...

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent,...

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent,...

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by...

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by...

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and...

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and...

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.