Baruch Spinoza on action
Baruch Spinoza51 quotes“I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.”
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
Baruch SpinozaBaruch Spinoza Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
Jules VerneJules Verne When there is no oxygen the muscles become acidic and we can’t perform any more.
Wim HofWim Hof Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.
Earl WarrenEarl Warren The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!
Ray KrocRay Kroc Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind.
Willie NelsonWillie Nelson Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.
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