All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
BARUCH SPINOZAGod is not He who is, but That which is.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.
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Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
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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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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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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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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Freedom is self-determination.
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He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.
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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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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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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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The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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