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.
PYTHAGORASIf 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.
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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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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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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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