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. – Baruch Spinoza
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. – Baruch Spinoza
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion. – Baruch Spinoza
Technologists provide tools that can improve peoples lives. But I want to be clear that I dont think technology by itself improves peoples lives, since often Im criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless theres commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, its for naught. – Jaron Lanier