I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZAThere can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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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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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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