I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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 clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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