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.
BARUCH SPINOZASadness diminishes a man’s powers.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Freedom is self-determination.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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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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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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