In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
BARUCH SPINOZAHe who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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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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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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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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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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