Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
BARUCH SPINOZAWhat Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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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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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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