Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
BARUCH SPINOZAPeace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhat Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
BARUCH SPINOZAHappiness is a virtue, not its reward.
BARUCH SPINOZAPhilosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhen a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
BARUCH SPINOZANo matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
BARUCH SPINOZANothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
BARUCH SPINOZAI do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
BARUCH SPINOZABlessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
BARUCH SPINOZAI have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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