Author: Baruch Spinoza

Quotes

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

- Baruch Spinoza

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

- Baruch Spinoza

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

- Baruch Spinoza

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.

- Baruch Spinoza

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf.

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf.

- Baruch Spinoza

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

- Baruch Spinoza

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

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

- Baruch Spinoza

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

- Baruch Spinoza

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

- Baruch Spinoza

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