Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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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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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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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 more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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