Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
BARUCH SPINOZADesire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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