The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.
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Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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 highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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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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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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