I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZAI call him free who is led solely by reason.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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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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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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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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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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