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.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is self-determination.
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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 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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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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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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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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