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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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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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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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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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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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both, undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
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The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.
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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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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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Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
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