“In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.”— Baruch Spinoza, Letter 56 (60) to Hugo Boxel, 1674Share
“A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life.”— Baruch SpinozaShare
“It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life's course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving…”— Jawaharlal NehruShare
“That great disaster is a symbol to us to remember the big things of life and to forget the small things. We have thought too much of the small things.”— Jawaharlal NehruShare
“The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations.”— AristotleShare
“When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.”— Khalil GibranShare
“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.”— C.S. LewisShare
