Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
BARUCH SPINOZAMinds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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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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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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