Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues.
Baruch SpinozaEmotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
Baruch SpinozaWe can always get along better by reason and love of truth than by worry of conscience and remorse...we should strive to keep worry from our life.
Baruch Spinoza