Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
BARUCH SPINOZA
Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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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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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 random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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 world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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