self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue. Baruch Spinoza More Quotes by Baruch Spinoza More Quotes From Baruch Spinoza If the way which I have pointed out as leading to this result (i.e., power over the emotions by which the wise man surpasses the ignorant man) seems exceedingly hard, it may nevertheless be discovered. Needs must it be hard, since it is so seldom found. How would it be possible, if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labour be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. Baruch Spinoza wise men hands God is a thing that thinks. Baruch Spinoza thinking All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare. Baruch Spinoza I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them. Baruch Spinoza Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza confidence justice war peace
