Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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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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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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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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