Reason is no match for passion.
BARUCH SPINOZADesire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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