God is not He who is, but That which is.
BARUCH SPINOZADesire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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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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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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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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