Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

Topics: Peace Quotes, War Quotes

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

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

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...

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

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

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where...

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where...

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

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

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

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

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.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our...

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our...

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts

Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.

Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change.

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results...

The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results...