Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
We can always get along better by reason and love of truth than by worry of conscience and remorse...we should strive to… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
...The body is affected by the image of the thing, in the same way as if the thing were actually present. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
If anyone conceives that he is loved by another, and believes that he has given no cause for such love, he will love that… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
“So they will pursue their questions from cause to cause, till at last you take refuge in the will of God—in other words, the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
As men's habits of mind differ, so that some more readily embrace one form of faith, some another, for what moves one to pray… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
If a man had begun to hate an object of his love, so that love is thoroughly destroyed, he will, causes being equal, regard… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
But if men would give heed to the nature of substance they would doubt less concerning the Proposition that Existence appertains to the nature… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
The more intelligible a thing is, the more easily it is retained in the memory, and counterwise, the less intelligible it is, the more… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another. For no one by… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the constant will… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share
![“Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning, understanding, rationality, controlled imagination, preparation, mental focus (including distraction) and a gratitude attitude is very helpful.]” quote by Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/baruch-spinoza-1338_anticipation_fear-cannot-be-without-hope-nor-hope-wit_304096.jpg)
