Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
BARUCH SPINOZAI have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
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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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.
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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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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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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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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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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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Reason is no match for passion.
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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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