Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason is no match for passion.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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