Baruch Spinoza on action
Baruch Spinoza51 quotes“Men 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.”
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza I call him free who is led solely by reason.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Reason is no match for passion.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza
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When I’m at home, I love playing action-oriented computer games.
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Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
Ayn RandAyn Rand We do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.
Alan WattsAlan Watts Take action in silence, No lion attacks in noise.
MS DhoniMS Dhoni Taking action means saying ‘no’ to indifference. If there is a war to be waged, it is the war against the indifference which is eating away at our societies.
Emma WatsonEmma Watson One day, we should have a book of clouds in action.
Yoko OnoYoko Ono We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
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