Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind,...

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind,...

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...

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate...

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate...

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...

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

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.

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.

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

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

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

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

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we...

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we...

Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.

Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life...

Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life...

Life isn't all haha hehe.

Life isn't all haha hehe.