For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

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.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

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...

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

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

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

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...

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.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.