The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
PYTHAGORASNo one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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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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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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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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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Friends share all things.
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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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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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Virtue is harmony.
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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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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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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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