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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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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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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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