The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
PYTHAGORASThe 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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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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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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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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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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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’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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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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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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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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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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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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A thought is an idea in transit.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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