If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil. — Baruch Spinoza. Portuguese-Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
The mind has greater power over the emotions, and is less subject thereto, insofar as it understands all things to be necessary.
I saw that all things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save insofar as the mind was affected by them.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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.