Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.
BARUCH SPINOZANothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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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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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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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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God is not He who is, but That which 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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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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