Reason is no match for passion.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhat Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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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 endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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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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