I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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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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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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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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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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