Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
PYTHAGORASAbove the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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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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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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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 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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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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.
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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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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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