Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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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,...

How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without...

How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without...

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...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

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 do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

As nature preserves a fixed and immutable order; it must clearly follow that miracles are...

As nature preserves a fixed and immutable order; it must clearly follow that miracles are...

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...

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...

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

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,...

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

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

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor...

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor...

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...

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval...

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval...

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass

Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass