When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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