The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
BARUCH SPINOZAPeace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Nature offers nothing that can be called this man’s rather than another’s; but under nature everything belongs to all.
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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 random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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