Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
BARUCH SPINOZAPride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZAI have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason is no match for passion.
BARUCH SPINOZAI call him free who is led solely by reason.
BARUCH SPINOZASadness diminishes a man’s powers.
BARUCH SPINOZABe not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
BARUCH SPINOZANothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
BARUCH SPINOZAA free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
BARUCH SPINOZANo matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
BARUCH SPINOZAI would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
BARUCH SPINOZAPhilosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
BARUCH SPINOZA