Baruch Spinoza

"Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens."

"Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens."

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

"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free."

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

"I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace."

"Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear."

"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free."

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