He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. Baruch Spinoza on alone
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. Baruch Spinoza on alone
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. Baruch Spinoza on beauty
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. Baruch Spinoza on fear
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. Baruch Spinoza on fear
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. Baruch Spinoza on freedom
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. Baruch Spinoza on happiness
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward. Baruch Spinoza on happiness
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. Baruch Spinoza on hope
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. Baruch Spinoza on hope
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. Baruch Spinoza on imagination
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. Baruch Spinoza on jealousy
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. Baruch Spinoza on learning
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. Baruch Spinoza on love
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. Baruch Spinoza on motivational
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand. Baruch Spinoza on motivational
One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf. Baruch Spinoza on music
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. Baruch Spinoza on nature
Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature. Baruch Spinoza on nature
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. Baruch Spinoza on nature