The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Be 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.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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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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