Sadness diminishes a man’s powers.
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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We feel and experience ourselves to be eternal.
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Reason is no match for passion.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
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When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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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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