He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entir... - 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."

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

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

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