Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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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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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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