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Having departed from your house, turn not back; for the furies will be your attendants.
You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.
Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!
Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.
The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment
If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple.
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.
Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like.
It is required to find the infinitely big inside what's infinitely small to feel the presence of God.
Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!
Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled.
Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.
Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.
Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.
Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
Bless us, divine number, who generated gods and men. Number contains the root and source of eternally flowing creation.
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.
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.
It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.
The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence.
most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.
Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.
Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.
Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul
Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.
Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?
Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.
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?
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.
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.
Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another!
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.
So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.
Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.
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.
You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.
It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.
Neither will the horse be adjudged to be generous, that is sumptuously adorned, but the horse whose nature is illustrious; nor is the man worthy who possesses great wealth, but he whose soul is generous.