The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZAMinds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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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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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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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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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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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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