A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is self-determination.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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 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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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