Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad. Baruch Spinoza Read Quote
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one’s self. Baruch Spinoza Read Quote
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men. Baruch Spinoza Read Quote
Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. Baruch Spinoza Read Quote
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza Read Quote
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil. Baruch Spinoza Read Quote
