God is not He who is, but That which is.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason is no match for passion.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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