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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for unde

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. – Baruch Spinoza

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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

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Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious. – Baruch Spinoza

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