Author: Baruch Spinoza

Quotes

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

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

- Baruch Spinoza

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.

- Baruch Spinoza

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

- Baruch Spinoza

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

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

- Baruch Spinoza

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

- 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

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

- Baruch Spinoza

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

- Baruch Spinoza

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

- Baruch Spinoza

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