I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a dis... - Baruch Spinoza

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

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

"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."

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