The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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 endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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