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.
PYTHAGORASLet no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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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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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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Friends share all things.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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