Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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