Baruch Spinoza Quotes

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Baruch Spinoza

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677

Topics

UnderstandVirtueFirstEndeavor

If you know a lot about something and apply that information to a vote that matches your policy preferences, your opinion quality is high.

Jill Lepore

QualityOpinionYouInformationKnow

I collect robots. They're mainly Japanese, American, and especially Russian - small robots, big robots, and old toy robots made between 1910 and the Fifties.

Jean-Michel Jarre

SmallAmericanRobotsOldBigToy

I find inspiration for my works of art in my studio and in the squared circle from all sorts of places.

Jeff Hardy

ArtFindCirclePlacesInspiration

The Wellcome Trust is a hugely important organisation, and it is vital that its fundraising continues unabated.

John Sulston

TrustImportantVitalFundraising

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

Sridevi

LearningEndYouActorKeep

Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself.

Miles Teller

MyselfSmallSmall TownAlwaysWell

Everyone I perform and tour with looks out for each other; we ensure we stay healthy.

Lizz Wright

LooksHealthyEveryoneOutStay

When I was a child, I would draw these little stick-figures, and my mom would put them up all over the loft and tell me how wonderful they were. Then you get out there into the harsh reality of the world, and you realize not everybody loves every little thing you do the way your mom did.

Julia Stiles

ChildMeMomWorldRealityYou

We've been trying to open the gates of communication between Havana and Miami through art, which is apolitical most of the time: It doesn't have anything to do with politics and is only an exchange of ideas.

Jorge M. Perez

CommunicationTimeArtPoliticsOpen

If you can market smut and toilet paper, you can market movies.

Dawn Steel

YouMoviesToiletPaperMarket

Everything I wear is a do and everything else is a don't!

Christian Siriano

EverythingWearElseEverything Else

I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.

Chris Martin

FamilyStoryDegreeGotJustDevon

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