Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
BARUCH SPINOZABlessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
-
-
God is not He who is, but That which is.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Freedom is self-determination.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Reason is no match for passion.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZA -
Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
BARUCH SPINOZA