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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

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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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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Leaving Please Rest Satisfaction Talk
Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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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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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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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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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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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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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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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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Animal Deed Each Other Indeed Joy Kill Love Men Murder
Evolution is the Law of Life. Number is the Law of the Universe. Unity is the Law of God.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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