All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhen a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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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.
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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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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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