The mind can only imagine anything, or remember what is past, while the body endures. — Baruch Spinoza
Laws directed against opinions affect the generous-minded rather than the wicked, and — Baruch Spinoza
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind — Baruch Spinoza
Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd. — Baruch Spinoza
Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. — Baruch Spinoza
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. — Baruch Spinoza
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because — Baruch Spinoza
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one’s self. — Baruch Spinoza
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed — Baruch Spinoza