Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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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 who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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