In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
BARUCH SPINOZANo matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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