Baruch Spinoza

"Self-love is the foundation of all virtue."

"The mind strives to persist in being."

"Those who understand the true nature of infinity cannot fear death."

"Creativity flows from the overflow of one's understanding."

"The absence of love produces the greatest emptiness."

"He who has a true love of God must necessarily love himself."

"The human body is composed of a great number of parts of diverse nature."

"Fear cannot exist where there is hope."

"All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare."

"He who imagines that he is hated by all is in error about the facts."

"The more the mind understands all things as necessary, the greater is its power of acting."

"Desire is the very essence of man."

"The mind's highest good is the knowledge of God."

"He alone is free who lives entirely under the dictate of reason."

"Passive emotions diminish the power of our actions."

"Each thing insofar as it is in itself endeavors to persist in its being."

"The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God."

"Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love."

"In so far as the mind understands all things as necessary, it has a certain power of affecting the emotions."

"A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is meditation on life."

"To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge."

"The mind can only imagine anything or remember the past as long as the body is affected by an external cause."

"The human body cannot be adequately nourished and preserved by a single body."

"Envy is an expression of hatred toward something or someone that brings joy."

"Insofar as the mind understands all things as necessary, it has a greater power of acting."

"The order and connection of ideas is the same as the order and connection of things."

"Those who have a strong body and mind have less fear of death."

"If we remove a violent emotion, it is replaced by another emotion that is less violent."

"The human body consists of many parts that are sensitive to external influences."

"An increase in the body's power of acting increases the mind's power of thinking."