“No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.”

The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.

Power is the near neighbour of necessity.

The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.

Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.

If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

Number rules the universe.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.