Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
BARUCH SPINOZABe not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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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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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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