Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
BARUCH SPINOZAIn so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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 who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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