Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

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• Baruch Spinoza:

  There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

• Baruch Spinoza:

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

• Baruch Spinoza:

  To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is i

• Baruch Spinoza:

  One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to t

• Baruch Spinoza:

  Desire is the essence of a man.

• Baruch Spinoza:

  Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please t

• Baruch Spinoza:

  None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

• Baruch Spinoza:

  Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

• Baruch Spinoza:

  Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

• Baruch Spinoza:

  The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.