Baruch Spinoza — 🏺 Philosophy Quote

When you really dig into why someone did what they did, anger tends to soften. Understanding doesn't mean excusing — but it does set you free.

“To understand everything is to forgive everything.”

When you really dig into why someone did what they did, anger tends to soften. Understanding doesn't mean excusing — but it does set you free.

“Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself.”

— Baruch Spinoza

“Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”

— Baruch Spinoza

“I am that I am.”

— Baruch Spinoza

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”

— Baruch Spinoza