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Famous Baruch Spinoza Quotes
“No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.”
“self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.”
“Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.”
“Minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.”
“What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.”
“The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.”
“What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.”
“We feel and know that we are eternal.”
“Love is nothing but joy accompanied with the idea of an eternal cause.”
“The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.”
“He who regulates everything by laws, is more likely to arouse vices than reform them.”
“Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.”
“I can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature”