Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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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...

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...

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason...

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason...

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

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

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

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...

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,...

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.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

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...

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 call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

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...

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...

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine...

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine...

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

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.

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...

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or...

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...