Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
BARUCH SPINOZAFreedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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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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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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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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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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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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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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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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