Every man must act in the rhythm of his time… such is wisdom.
More Egyptian Proverbs
If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck.
The man who knows how to lead one of his brothers towards what he has known may one day be saved by that very brother.
The first concerning the ‘secrets’: all cognition comes from inside; we are therefore initiated only by ourselves, but the Master gives the keys.
Peace is the fruit of activity, not of sleep.
A man’s heart is his own Neter.
It is better not to know and to know that one does not know, than presumptuously to attribute some random meaning to symbols.
If you search for the laws of harmony, you will find knowledge.
For every joy there is a price to be paid.
If the Master teaches what is error, the disciple’s submission is slavery ; if he teaches truth, this submission is ennoblement.
The second concerning the ‘way’: the seeker has need of a Master to guide him and lift him up when he falls, to lead him back to the right way when he strays.
No discussion can throw light if it wanders from the real point.
The nut doesn’t reveal the tree it contains.
Listen to your conviction, even if they seem absurd to your reason.
Not the greatest Master can go even one step for his disciple; in himself he must experience each stage of developing consciousness. Therefore he will know nothing for which he is not ripe.
A man can’t be judge of his neighbor’ intelligence. His own vital experience is never his neighbor’s.
To teach one must know the nature of those whom one is teaching.
A house has the character of the man who lives in it.
Physical consciousness is indispensable for the achievement of knowledge.
Experience will show you, a Master can only point the way.
The best and shortest road towards knowledge of truth is Nature.
Routine and prejudice distort vision. Each man thinks his own horizon is the limit of the world.
If his heart rules him, his conscience will soon take the place of the rod.
The key to all problems is the problem of consciousness.
Our senses serve to affirm, not to know.
Love is one thing, knowledge is another.
Everyone finds himself in the world where he belongs. The essential thing is to have a fixed point from which to check its reality now and then.
Have the wisdom to abandon the values of a time that has passed and pick out the constituents of the future. An environment must be suited to the age and men to their environment.