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Come join us... not only can you develop your own library of quotations and receive daily inspiration and wisdom, you'll be able to experience an emerging world of others who share your vision for a positive future.

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Quotes by Spinoza

"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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"Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence; confidence; and justice."

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Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health.

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Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.

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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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He who would distinguish the true from the false must have an adequate idea of what is true and false.

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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

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