We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
BARUCH SPINOZAMinds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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