I call him free who is led solely by reason.
BARUCH SPINOZASelf-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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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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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
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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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There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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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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The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.
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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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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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