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For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Baruch Spinoza

War Confidence Justice Peace Mind Disposition State Virtue Benevolence Absence Mere Springs

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived. Baruch Spinoza

God Nothing Conceived Without Whatsoever

True virtue is life under the direction of reason. Baruch Spinoza

Life Virtue Direction True Reason

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

Religion Philosophy Know Without Becoming How Established Teach

Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed. Desiderius Erasmus

Nature Nothing Rage Nowadays Profit Possession Out Sacred Got Squeezed Pitch Cannot Whether Which Realm Profane

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. Desiderius Erasmus

War Experience Those No Experience Delightful Had Who

My debut album, 'Forget the World,' is all about not listening to the negativity around you and to continue to do what you love, no matter what people think. I love what I do. Dance music is my passion, my life. There is no greater feeling than being one with my fans, partying to the music we love. Afrojack

Life Love Music You People World Passion Matter Listening Fans Dance My Life Feeling Think Dance Music Negativity About Do What You Love Greater Around Partying Continue Debut Than Forget What You Love Being Album

Human progress has always been driven by a sense of adventure and unconventional thinking. Andre Geim

Progress Sense Thinking Driven Unconventional Adventure Always Been Human Human Progress

God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things. Baruch Spinoza

God Cause All Things Transient Things

One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf. Baruch Spinoza

Music Time Good Same Thing Melancholy Those Bad Neither Indifferent Deaf Nor Mourn Same Same Time Who Thing

I call him free who is led solely by reason. Baruch Spinoza

Free Solely Call Him Led Reason Who

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it. Baruch Spinoza

Man Impossible Long Determined He Him Cannot Should Consequently

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it. Desiderius Erasmus

War Sweet Those Experienced Who

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. Desiderius Erasmus

Men Nothing Pedantic Another Judgments

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war. Desiderius Erasmus

War Peace Better Most Than Just

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death. Desiderius Erasmus

Life Death Time Tired Age People Old Old Age Living Approach Neither Like Until Return Nor Semblance Depart Closer Childhood Children Again Them Aware Nearer

Humility is truth. Desiderius Erasmus

Truth Humility

To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God. Henri Nouwen

Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear. Henri Nouwen

Happy Fear Medium Dissolved Distance Intimacy Way Horizon Tension Between New Beyond Closeness Being Which Appears

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