Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a...

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.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

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...

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...

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning...

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.