The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
BARUCH SPINOZAWe feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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