I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
BARUCH SPINOZAThere can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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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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