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.
BARUCH SPINOZAPhilosophy 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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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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