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Baruch Spinoza Quote - Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
BARUCH SPINOZA

Foundation Preservation Primary Virtue
God is not He who is, but That which is.
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God Lord Religion
Nothing in Nature is random. A thing appears random only through the incompleteness of our knowledge.
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Appearance Incomplete Knowledge Nature Random
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Endeavor Understand Virtue
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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Acceptance Astonish Cease Ideas True
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
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Action Effort Hate Human Strive Understand Weep
Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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Bless Goodness Human Nature Thinking Weak
What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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Bitching Character Human Nature Judgment
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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Happiness Inspirational One Liner Reward Virtue
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure, you are above everything distressing.
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Distress Give Up Life Live Philosophy Real Struggle
Freedom is self-determination.
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Determination Freedom One Liner
Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.
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Defeat Emotion Overcome Reason Strong
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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Activity Attain Education Freedom Human Leaening Understand
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Different Inspirational Past Present Study
Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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Hard Time Inspirational Understand Weep
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Attachment Happiness Love Object Quality Unhappy

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