God is not He who is, but That which is.
BARUCH SPINOZAAll happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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 who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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