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Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (32)
Do not trust anyone as a friend, for this whole world has come into being deceitfully, and every man is troubled in vain. All things of the world are not profitable, but they happen in vain. There is no one, not even a brother (who is trustworthy), since each one is seeking his own advantage.
The Alchemy of Happiness
The Knowledge of This World (6)
The deceitful character of the world comes out in the following ways. In the first place, it pretends that it will always remain with you, while, as...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (5)
Living beings are of diverse character; not even the Conquerors can content them, much less simple souls such as I. Then why think of the world? They...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (2)
If he share in the life of the foolish, a man assuredly goes to hell; if he share it not, he wins hatred; what profits it to have commerce with the...
The Masnavi
The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass (62-71)
Though I bear a bad name, my nature is not malevolent; What you saw was not dangerous, it was only a talisman. But even if there were danger in that o...
The Conference of the Birds
The Fifth Valley or The Valley of Unity (2)
Someone asked a man of understanding: 'What is the world? What can it be compared to?' He replied: 'This world, which is compounded of horrors and...
The Masnavi
The Villager who invited the Townsman to visit him (51-60)
Cut off these evil doubts and cast them away, Therefore thou hast chosen harsh friends and companions; The good friend goes up to highest heaven,...
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (12)
Those that are in authority and power suck the very marrow from the bones of men of low degree and rank, and feed upon the sweat of their brows. Brief...
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (160)
Therefore, O Child of man! have a care, trust not too much upon worldly wisdom, it is blind, and is born blind; but when the flash of life is generate...
Chuang Tzu
Man Among Men. (15)
The misfortunes of this life are weighty as the earth itself, yet none can keep out of their reach. No more, no more, seek to influence by virtue. Bew...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXVII (18)
And thou dost hate me and my children for ever. And there is no observ- ing the tie of brotherhood with thee.
Dhammapada
Chapter VI: The Wise Man (Pandita) (78)
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 25: The Suffering, Dying, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ the Son of God: Also of his Ascension into Heaven, and sitting at the Right-hand of God his Father. The Gate of our Misery; and also the strong Gate of the Divine Power in his Love. (56)
Thus Falsehood is wrought with Falsehood, and the Inferior is become false also, who has set Lies to Sale for Truth, and so falsly cheated his...
The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (16)
If thou dost not believe in heaven or hell, at any rate thou believest in death, which will snatch from thee all worldly delights and cause thee to fe...
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (182-191)
Ho! seek aid of Him, not of another than Him Seek water in the ocean, not in a dried-up channel. On cleansing the inward temple of the heart from...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 24: Of True Repentance: How the poor Sinner may come to God again in his Covenant, and how he may be released of his Sins. The Gate of the Justification of a poor Sinner before God. A clear Looking-Glass. (25)
And though in this World thou hast not great Honour, Power, and Riches, that is nothing; thou knowest not, whether Tomorrow will be the Day it will co...
Chaldean Oracles
Magical and Philosophical Precepts (144)
Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the Earth; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun,...
Chapter 20: Of the Second Day (10)
Therefore men have cause to look circumspectly to themselves. For this is the time of which all the prophets have prophesied; and Christ in the Gospel...
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet X (16)
You have toiled without cease, and what have you got! Through toil you wear yourself out, you fill your body with grief, your long lifetime you are...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (393)
Guard yourself from lying; there is he who deceives and there is he who is deceived.
The Masnavi
The Lion and the Beasts (1-10)
Trust in God, as opposed to human exertions. The beasts said, "O enlightened sage, Lay aside caution; it cannot help thee against destiny; To worry...
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