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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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.

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

Desire is the very essence of man.

Desire is the very essence of man.

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

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

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...

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...

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

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,...

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

We feel and know that we are eternal

We feel and know that we are eternal

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of...

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of...