The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
BARUCH SPINOZABlessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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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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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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