As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
PYTHAGORASHe lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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Friends share all things.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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