Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a dis… — Quoted

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

Baruch Spinoza · Peace

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Baruch Spinoza

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.

Beauty

Baruch Spinoza

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

Fear

Baruch Spinoza

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

Power

Baruch Spinoza

Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.

Nature