The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
BARUCH SPINOZAThe world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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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 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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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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