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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.

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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Bed Heart Listen Yourself
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Charity Poor
It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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Fear God Hope Love Man Punishment Reward
The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.
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Knowledge Understand Word
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Doctor Food
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
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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Himself Man View Youth
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Existence God Home
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
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed.
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Destroy Equality Evil Goodness Himself Oneself World
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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Body Himself Person Power Reflection Respect
God cannot be compared to anything.
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God One Liner
Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
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Art Human Inspirational Love Myself See Suffering

For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.

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