Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is self-determination.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis 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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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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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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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