In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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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 who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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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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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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