I shall consider human actions and desires in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes and solids.
Baruch SpinozaThe greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward us, the greater will be our complacency.
Baruch SpinozaHow would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
Baruch Spinoza