Quotes
Quotes - Spinoza
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
If a triangle could speak, it would say, that God is eminently triangular, while a circle would say that the divine nature is eminently circular.
I 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.
Desire is the very essence of man.
Desire is the essence of a man.
None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
We feel and know that we are eternal.
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.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
Be 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. -Spinoza.
