I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZAPhilosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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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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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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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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