Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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

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

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more...

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

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.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

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,...

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,...

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...