Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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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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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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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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