The greatest good is the knowledge of the union which the mind has with the whole nature.
Baruch SpinozaMan can, indeed, act contrarily to the decrees of God, as far as they have been written like laws in the minds of ourselves or the prophets, but against that eternal decree of God, which is written in universal nature, and has regard to the course of nature as a whole, he can do nothing.
Baruch SpinozaMen who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
Baruch Spinoza