I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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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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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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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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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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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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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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