Quotes by Baruch Spinoza

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.

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

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

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.

Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

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

“In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.”

“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.”

“I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.”