Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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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...

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...

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

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...

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,...

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...

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

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

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

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

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

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.

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...

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.

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...

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we...

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we...

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known...

When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known...

That moment when you burst out crying on your room and you realize that no...

That moment when you burst out crying on your room and you realize that no...