“Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cau...” — Baruch Spinoza Quote

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

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

I saw things before they happened, and that scared me very much. The premonitions would always be accompanied by harsh and painful physical sensations.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

The first audition I ever went on, I was accompanied by my mother at the instruction of my father. 'You have to learn how to take rejection if you really want to be an actor,' he said. He had to eat his own words. I got the job.

I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.