Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
PYTHAGORASThe soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.
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Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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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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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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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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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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