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Passages similar to: Bundahishn — Chapter XXIV
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Bundahishn
Chapter XXIV (24)
Of two men, when they come forward together, the wiser and more truthful is chief.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (25)
Nothing is so peculiar to wisdom as truth. When you preside over men, remember that divinity also presides over you.
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 30 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (3)
Thus are the primeval spirits who as a pair (combining their opposite strivings), and (yet each) independent in his action, have been famed (of old)....
Dhammapada
Chapter V: The Fool (65)
If an intelligent man be associated for one minute only with a wise man, he will soon perceive the truth, as the tongue perceives the taste of soup.
Dhammapada
Chapter VI: The Wise Man (Pandita) (76)
If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow...
The Masnavi
The Man who made a Pet of a Bear. 1 (31-40)
What is it that charms vain men but vanity? What else pleases the foolish but folly? Because each kind is charmed by its own kind, Does a cow ever see...
Dhammapada
Chapter I: The Twin-Verses (12)
They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires.
Dhammapada
Chapter XIX: The Just (261)
He in whom there is truth, virtue, love, restraint, moderation, he who is free from impurity and is wise, he is called an elder.
The Masnavi
The People of Saba (115-124)
Yet be advised and keep your steed straight as an arrow, When God says 'Proclaim' we must obey. O men, ye know not to which party ye belong, Exert you...
The Masnavi
The Three Fishes (1-10)
The marks of the wise man, of the half wise, and of the fool. The wise man is he who possesses a torch of his own; That leader is his own director...
Enuma Elish
Tablet VII (67)
Let them 2 be held in remembrance, and let the first man proclaim them
Bhagavad Gita
Vijnana Yoga (7.17)
Of them the wise man, ever steadfast and devoted to the One, excels; for, excessively dear am I to the wise, and he is dear to Me.
Dhammapada
Chapter II: On Earnestness (29)
Earnest among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepers, the wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack.
Dhammapada
Chapter XVI: Pleasure (217)
He who possesses virtue and intelligence, who is just, speaks the truth, and does what is his own business, him the world will hold dear.
Dhammapada
Chapter XXIII: The Elephant (328)
If a man find a prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, he may walk with him, overcoming all dangers, happy, but...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 49 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (9)
Aye, let the zealous and thrifty husbandman, so formed for giving help and blessings , give heed and listen when I call, (O Mazda!) Let not the...
Life of Pythagoras
PYTHAGORIC ETHICAL SENTENCES FROM STOBÆUS, Which are omitted in the Opuscula Mythologica, &c. of Gale. (7)
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 31 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (12)
(There strife at once arose, and still is raging.) There (beside Thy prophet) the truthful or liar, the enlightened or unenlightened, lifts his voice...
The Masnavi
The Gluttonous Sufi (41-50)
This truth-fraught saying of mine is no vain pretence, 'Though I talk half the night I am superior to you;' And again, 'Fear not the night; here am...
The Kybalion
Introduction (6)
These men have never sought popular approval, nor numbers of followers. They are indifferent to these things, for they know how few there are in each...
The Masnavi
The Jewish King, his Vazir, and the Christians (110-118)
Inasmuch as thou art acquainted with the Master of all; Be a man, and not another man's beast of burden! Follow thine own way and lose not thy head!"...
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