Spinoza, Baruch

"Labor is dignity and purpose."

"Imagination is a confused mode of thought."

"Reason is the knowledge of things by their universal properties."

"Understanding leads to eternal peace."

"Consciousness is the self-awareness of matter in motion."

"Virtue lies in the maintenance and increase of one's own being."

"The past is gone, the future is uncertain, only the present is real."

"Miracles are merely events whose natural cause we do not yet understand."

"To love is to strive for the continuation of another's being."

"The pursuit of pleasure often leads to pain."

"Ignorance is not innocence, but a state of privation."

"Courage is the strength to face inevitable death."

"History is the record of humanity's struggle for self-determination."

"The highest human achievement is the love of God."

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

"War is the result of insufficient understanding."

"The poet uses imagination to reveal hidden truth."

"Music is the mathematics of the senses."

"Gratitude is the recognition of received benefit."

"The greatest good is the improvement of one's understanding."

"Pride is joy arising from one's overestimation of oneself."

"To understand is to be free."

"Justice is the preservation of the social order."

"Health is the condition in which all parts work in harmony."

"The adventure of life is in the pursuit of understanding."

"Technology extends human capacity and shortens suffering."

"Creativity flows from understanding the nature of things."

"Death is but the cessation of bodily motion."

"Inspiration comes from alignment with eternal principles."

"The family is the foundation of all social order."