A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
BARUCH SPINOZAIn practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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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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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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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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