There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
PYTHAGORASConcern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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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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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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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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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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Friends share all things.
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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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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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