Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
BARUCH SPINOZAI have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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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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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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