Quotes from Benedictus de Spinoza

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. Hatred which is completely vanquished by love, passes into love; and love is thereupon greater, than id hatred had not preceded it.

Benevolentia nihil aliud est, quam cupiditas ex commiseratione orta.

And when he dreams he does not want to write, he does not have the power to dream he wants to write; and when he dreams he wants to write, he does not have the power to dream he does not want to write.