Famous Quotes by Baruch Spinoza

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

“The good which every man, who follows after virtue, desires for himself he will also desire for other men...”

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

“whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived”

Freedom is the power to live according to the necessity of one's own nature.

The more clearly we see things, the more we understand our place in the world.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

There is no rational order in the universe, except in the laws of nature.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Nothing in the universe is contingent, everything is determined by nature.

The first step to knowledge is the awareness that you know nothing.

All things in the universe are interconnected; to understand one thing, we must understand how it relates to all others.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

It is not our purpose to know the cause of everything, but to live in harmony with it.

Men are led by reason to seek their own good and to avoid what harms them.

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

The more you struggle to live in harmony with others, the more peace you will find in your life.

To live is to think, and to think is to live.

The law of nature is that everything is connected and interdependent.

Men are free to act according to their nature, but they are not free to choose their nature.

The more you love, the more you will become virtuous and happy.

Knowledge of the self is the foundation of all wisdom.