The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
BARUCH SPINOZAI call him free who is led solely by reason.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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