He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
BARUCH SPINOZASadness diminishes a man’s powers.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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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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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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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 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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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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