I call him free who is led solely by reason.
BARUCH SPINOZAPeace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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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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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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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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