The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.
PYTHAGORASAbove all things, reverence yourself.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.
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If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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