Egyptian Proverbs

Every man is rich in excuses to safeguard his prejudices, his instincts, and his opinions.

True teaching is not an accumulation of knowledge; it is an awaking of consciousness which goes through successive stages.

What reveals itself to me ceases to be mysterious for me alone: if I unveil it to anyone else, he hears mere words which betray the living sense: Profanation, but never revelation.

Understanding develops by degrees.

By knowing one reaches belief. By doing one gains conviction. When you know, dare.

For every joy there is a price to be paid.

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.

The best and shortest road towards knowledge of truth is Nature.

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.

Seek peacefully, you will find.