God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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I 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.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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