How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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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

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

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.

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...

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no...

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no...

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

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...

We feel and know that we are eternal.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

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 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...

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

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 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...

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a...

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a...

Live to live and you will learn to live

Live to live and you will learn to live

We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store,...

We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store,...