The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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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Freedom is self-determination.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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