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Life of Pythagoras
PYTHAGORIC ETHICAL SENTENCES FROM STOBÆUS, Which are omitted in the Opuscula Mythologica, &c. of Gale. (1)
Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done. Choose rather to be strong in soul than in body.
Dhammapada
Chapter XX: The Way (281)
Watching his speech, well restrained in mind, let a man never commit any wrong with his body! Let a man but keep these three roads of action clear,...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (346)
Say with your mind that the body is the garment of your soul: keep it, therefore, pure since it is innocent.
Dhammapada
Chapter XIII: The World (169)
Follow the law of virtue; do not follow that of sin. The virtuous rests in bliss in this world and in the next.
Dhammapada
Chapter XVII: Anger (231)
Beware of bodily anger, and control thy body! Leave the sins of the body, and with thy body practise virtue!
The Secret of the Golden Flower
Mistakes During the Circulation of the Light (2)
When one sets out to carry out one's decision, care must be taken to see that everything can proceed in a comfortable, easy manner. Too much must not...
The Alchemy of Happiness
The Knowledge of This World (2)
While man is in this world, two things are necessary for him: first, the protection and nurture of his soul; secondly, the care and nurture of his...
Bhagavad Gita
Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga (16.24)
Having learnt the injunctions of the scriptures, you should do your work in the world.
Chapter 25: Of the whole Body of the Stars and of their Birth or Geniture; that is, the whole Astrology, or the whole Body of this World. (41)
Thou must not think that there is any other power or virtue in it, or belonging to it, than there is in the whole deep of the body everywhere, all...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (179)
What you do not want to happen to you, do not do it yourself either.
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXI (18)
And do not eat any blood, for it is the soul ; eat no blood whatever.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XX: The True Gnostic Exercises Patience and Self - Restraint. (2)
The divine law, then, while keeping in mind all virtue, trains man especially to self-restraint, laying this as the foundation of the virtues; and...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXI: Miscellaneous (293)
But they whose whole watchfulness is always directed to their body, who do not follow what ought not to be done, and who steadfastly do what ought to ...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (321)
Do not become guilty of your own death. Do not be angry at him who will take you out of (the) body and kill you.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (320)
To make the body of your soul a burden is pride, but to be able to restrain it gently when it is necessary, is blessedness.
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LIX. One Grateful Samaritan Among Ten Lepers Healed—"the Kingdom of God Is Within You"—"the Son of Man Must Suffer"—"remember Lot's Wife"—parable: the Unjust Judge Wavers—"shall the Son of Man Find Faith on the Earth?" (16)
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LI. Sermon to the Innumerable Multitude: Precepts, Parables: the Sparrows, the Self-Centered Rich Man, the Ravens, the Lilies—"the Hairs of Your Head Are Numbered"—"let Your Lights Be Burning" (17)
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Book III (51)
There should be complete overcoming of allurement or pride in the invitations of the different realms of life, lest attachment to things evil arise...
Chapter 11: Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (55)
Thou knowest very well that thou shouldst deal well and friendly with thy neighbour; also thou knowest well that thou shouldst not vilify thy own...
The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (12)
Besides such cautious discrimination before acting, a man should call himself strictly to account for his past actions. Every evening he should...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXII: The Downward Course (315)
Like a well-guarded frontier fort, with defences within and without, so let a man guard himself. Not a moment should escape, for they who allow the...
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