There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear. Baruch Spinoza More Quotes by Baruch Spinoza More Quotes From Baruch Spinoza self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue. Baruch Spinoza foundation virtue self Statesman are suspected of plotting against mankind, rather than consulting their interests, and are esteemed more crafty than learned. Baruch Spinoza consulting mankind interest Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor. Baruch Spinoza philosophical ambition power To comprehend an idea, a person must simultaneously accept it as true. Conscious analysis - which, depending on the idea, may occur almost immediately or with considerable effort - allows the mind to reject what it intially accepted as fact. Baruch Spinoza effort mind ideas Sadness diminishes a man's powers Baruch Spinoza diminish sadness men He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason. Baruch Spinoza philosophical guidance reason Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. Baruch Spinoza philosophical freedom art In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth. Baruch Spinoza practical-life compelled practicals Faith is nothing but obedience and piety. Baruch Spinoza piety obedience Of all the things that are beyond my power, I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For, of things beyond our power, I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men. Baruch Spinoza men believe people He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot be abolished, even though it be in itself harmful. How many evils spring from luxury, envy, avarice, drunkenness and the like, yet these are tolerated because they cannot be prevented by legal enactments. Baruch Spinoza luxury law spring Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other things being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity. Baruch Spinoza acting hatred life Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the enemy in time of war, so do they against the citizens in time of peace. Baruch Spinoza tyrants evil war Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love. Baruch Spinoza pride self reason Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. Baruch Spinoza philosophical war peace Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect. Baruch Spinoza effects causes flow Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. Baruch Spinoza freedom nature animal Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy. Baruch Spinoza schism courtesy desire Men are especially intolerant of serving and being ruled by, their equals. Baruch Spinoza serving men Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole. Baruch Spinoza diversity care justice
