Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. Hatred which is completely vanquished by love, passes into love; and love is thereupon greater, than if hatred had not preceded it. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...

What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...

In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...

The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...

The ordinary surroundings of life which are esteemed by men (as their actions testify) to be the highest good, may be classed under the three heads -- Riches, Fame, and the Pleasures of Sense: with these three the mind is so absorbed that it has little power to reflect on any different good. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. - Baruch Spinoza. View more images...