Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Freedom is self-determination.
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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 happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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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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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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