I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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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.

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.

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 very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

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...

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...

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

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...

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 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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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,...

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.