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

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

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

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