Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhen a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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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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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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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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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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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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