Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
BARUCH SPINOZANothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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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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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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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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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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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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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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Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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