Baruch Spinoza

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power. 

Baruch Spinoza 

Desire is the essence of a man. 

Baruch Spinoza 

Desire is the very essence of man. 

Baruch Spinoza 

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. 

Baruch Spinoza 

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. 

Baruch Spinoza 

All noble things are as difficult as they are rare. 

Baruch Spinoza 

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. 

Baruch Spinoza 

Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many. 

Baruch Spinoza 

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself. 

Baruch Spinoza 

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men. 

Baruch Spinoza