Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
BARUCH SPINOZAThere can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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 random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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