Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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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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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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