Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or f... - Baruch Spinoza
"Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens."
More quotes by Baruch Spinoza
"The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free."
"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them."
"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."
"I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of the peace."