In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
BARUCH SPINOZADesire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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 would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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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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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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