Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
BARUCH SPINOZADo not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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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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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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