The highest activity a human being can attain is learning fo... - 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."

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

"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."