Freedom is self-determination.
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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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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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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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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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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