The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Learning Quotes, Understanding Quotes

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

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.

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.

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...

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity,...

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make...

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make...

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for...

Life isn't all haha hehe.

Life isn't all haha hehe.