Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is self-determination.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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The 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.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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