Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. - Baruch Spinoza

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

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

"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"

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