Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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