Philosophy Quote by Baruch Spinoza — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“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.”

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

“Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.”

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

“I should attempt to treat human vice and folly geometrically... the passions of hatred, anger, envy, and so on, considered in themselves, follow from the necessity and efficacy of nature... I shall, therefore, treat the nature and strength of the emotion in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes, and solids.”

“It is the part of a wise man, I say, to refresh and restore himself in moderation with pleasant food and drink, with scents, with the beauty of green plants, with decoration, music, sports, the theater, and other things of this kind, which anyone can use without injury to another.”

“Bolje biti zatucan nego istucan!”

“Inevitably it follows that anyone with an independent mind must become 'one who resists or opposes an authority or established convention': a”

“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”

“Maybe sometimes we don't do the right thing because the wrong thing looks more dangerous, and we don't want to look scared, so we go and do the wrong thing just because it's dangerous. We're more concerned with not looking scared than with judging right.”

“If you do not enjoy a moment, you lose it forever. If you enjoy it, it is yours forever.”

“All religions are based on obsolete terminology.”