Baruch Spinoza

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we…

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and…

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts…

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason…

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character…

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope…