He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
BARUCH SPINOZAAll things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.
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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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