Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Freedom is self-determination.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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