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Optical Instrument Maker Inspirational Quotes (130)

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The more intelligible a thing is, the more easily it is retained in the memory, and counterwise, the less intelligible it is, the more easily we forget it.
Baruch Spinoza
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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 may move another to scoff, I conclude ... that everyone should be free to choose for himself the foundations of his creed, and that faith should be judged only by its fruits.
Baruch Spinoza
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. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.
Baruch Spinoza
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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.]
Baruch Spinoza
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I believe that a triangle, if it could speak, would say that God is eminently triangular, and a circle that the divine nature is eminently circular and thus would every one ascribe his own attributes to God.
Baruch Spinoza
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
Baruch Spinoza
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Yet nature cannot be contravened, but preserves a fixed and immutable order.
Baruch Spinoza
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Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.
Baruch Spinoza
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In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another.
Baruch Spinoza
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
Baruch Spinoza
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
Baruch Spinoza
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A free man, who lives among ignorant people, tries as much as he can to refuse their benefits. .. He who lives under the guidance of reason endeavours as much as possible to repay his fellow's hatred, rage, contempt, etc. with love and nobleness.
Baruch Spinoza
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The proper study of a wise man is not how to die but how to live.
Baruch Spinoza
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Will and intellect are one and the same thing.
Baruch Spinoza
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I have resolved to demonstrate by a certain and undoubted course of argument, or to deduce from the very condition of human nature, not what is new and unheard of, but only such things as agree best with practice.
Baruch Spinoza
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Men are especially intolerant of serving and being ruled by, their equals.
Baruch Spinoza
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Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.
Baruch Spinoza
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
Baruch Spinoza
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Laws directed against opinions affect the generous-minded rather than the wicked, and are adapted less for coercing criminals than for irritating the upright.
Baruch Spinoza
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The virtue of a free man appears equally great in refusing to face difficulties as in overcoming them.
Baruch Spinoza
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He who lives according to the guidance of reason strives as much as possible to repay the hatred, anger, or contempt of others towards himself with love or generosity. ...hatred is increased by reciprocal hatred, and, on the other hand, can be extinguished by love, so that hatred passes into love.
Baruch Spinoza
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Faith is nothing but obedience and piety.
Baruch Spinoza
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I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.
Baruch Spinoza
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
Baruch Spinoza
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