What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
BARUCH SPINOZAA free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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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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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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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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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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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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