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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.

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There are eight levels of charity. The highest is when you strengthen a man’s hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.
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Charity Hands Man Strength
Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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One Liner Silence Wisdom
The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.
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Desire God Ideas Knowledge Man Passion
Hold firmly to your word.
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One Liner Word Yourself
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Nature Necessary Purpose
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
Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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Science Sick Tree
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Act God Himself Quality
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong
God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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God Himself Knowledge Philosophy Religious
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Greatness Truth
Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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Art One Liner Sick
It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.
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Believe Existence Man Philosophy
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy

Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.

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