Silence is better than unmeaning words.
PYTHAGORASFriends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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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.
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Virtue is harmony.
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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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Evolution is the Law of Life. Number is the Law of the Universe. Unity is the Law of God.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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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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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
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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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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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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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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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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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