When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhen a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason is no match for passion.
BARUCH SPINOZAAll happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
BARUCH SPINOZANature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
BARUCH SPINOZANothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
BARUCH SPINOZAI have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZANature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
BARUCH SPINOZABlessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
BARUCH SPINOZAMinds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
BARUCH SPINOZAI call him free who is led solely by reason.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen 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.
BARUCH SPINOZADesire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
BARUCH SPINOZAWe feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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