Quotes by : Baruch Spinoza

everyone endeavors as much as possible to make others love what he loves, and to hate what he hates.......

Nothing forbids man to enjoy himself, save grim and gloomy superstition

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand....

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

If Scripture were to describe the downfall of an empire in the style adopted by political historians,....

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent....

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers,....

There is no hope unmingled with fear and no fear unmingled with hope.