Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
BARUCH SPINOZAEmotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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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.
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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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