Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. Hatred which is completely vanquished by love, passes into love; and love is thereupon greater, than if hatred had not preceded it.

Quote by Baruch Spinoza

Topics: Hatred Quotes, Love Quotes

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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion

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He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts

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God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things

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True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

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