All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
BARUCH SPINOZANo matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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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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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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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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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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