In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
BARUCH SPINOZAAll things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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