The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhat everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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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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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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