Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
BARUCH SPINOZAReason is no match for passion.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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