Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. Votes: 6
Desire is the very essence of man. Votes: 5
Desire is the essence of a man. Votes: 5
I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion. Votes: 4
The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is. Votes: 0
Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens. Votes: 0
The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak. Votes: 0
If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune. Votes: 0
Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion. Votes: 0
Freedom is self-determination. Votes: 0
Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind. Votes: 0
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. Votes: 0
Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health. Votes: 0
Whatsoever is, is in God. Votes: 0
All is One (Nature, God) Votes: 0
Desire is the very essence of man Votes: 0
God is a thing that thinks. Votes: 0
Sadness diminishes a man's powers Votes: 0