All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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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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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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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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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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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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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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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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