If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
PYTHAGORASThere is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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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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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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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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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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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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A thought is an idea in transit.
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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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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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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The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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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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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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