The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
BARUCH SPINOZAI would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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