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.
PYTHAGORASNo one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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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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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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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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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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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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Evolution is the Law of Life. Number is the Law of the Universe. Unity is the Law of God.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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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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The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
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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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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Friends share all things.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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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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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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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 geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.
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Virtue is harmony.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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