Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
PYTHAGORASSilence is better than unmeaning words.
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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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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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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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Number rules the universe.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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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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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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