The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
From Baruch Spinoza
I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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