Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

Topics: Humility Quotes

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn...

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,...

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward

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...

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

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.

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...

All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are...

All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are...

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is...

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is...