Quotation by

Baruch Spinoza

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

Love

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Our feelings of joy or sorrow come entirely from the nature of what or who we care about deeply. If the thing we love is good and positive, we feel happy, but if it is harmful or negative, we experience unhappiness.

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