When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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.
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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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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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