Patrick Steffy

“Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself.”
― Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

“Do not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand.”
― Baruch Spinoza

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”
― Spinoza

“The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.”
― Spinoza