"Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts." ― Baruch Spinoza Topic(s): Freedom More From Baruch Spinoza "Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow." "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." "Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature." More In Freedom "Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."― Hans Christian Andersen "That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing."― Sheryl Crow "I only gave out my opinion that same sex marriage is against the law of God."― Manny Pacquiao