Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
BARUCH SPINOZAIn practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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