God is not He who is, but That which is.
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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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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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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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