We feel and know that we are eternal.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

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So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long...

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.

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...

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,...

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

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,...

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...

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

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...

Desire is the essence of a man.

Desire is the essence of a man.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

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...