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In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.

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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy
In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
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Avoid Beginning Philosophy Simplicity Talk
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
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Change Character Doubt God Intellectual Knowledge Law Man Mindset Ourselves Present Principle Result Support
Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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One Liner Silence Wisdom
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Charity Help Himself Man
All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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Belief Desire End Evil God Hate Ignorance Knowledge Man Religious
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
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Easy Live Necessary
Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.
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Disease Fools Science Sick Tree Value
The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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Goal Goodness Health Wisdom
The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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Evil People Strength Suffering
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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Believe Blessing Faith Myself Perfection
Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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Improvement Myself Progress Teaching
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Food Himself Man Philosophy Teaching Yourself

In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.

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