God is not He who is, but That which is.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen 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.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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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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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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