When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
BARUCH SPINOZAGod is not He who is, but That which is.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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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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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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 most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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