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Life of Pythagoras
PYTHAGORIC ETHICAL SENTENCES FROM STOBÆUS, Which are omitted in the Opuscula Mythologica, &c. of Gale. (9)
Be sober, and remember to be disposed to believe; for these are the nerves of wisdom. Epicharmus. It is better to live lying on the grass, confiding in divinity and yourself, than to lie on a golden bed with perturbation.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (57)
Give yourself gladness from the true vine of Christ. Satisfy yourself with the true wine, in which there is no drunkenness nor error. For it (the...
Dhammapada
Chapter XIII: The World (168)
Rouse thyself! do not be idle! Follow the law of virtue! The virtuous rests in bliss in this world and in the next.
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXXII. Parables: the Fig Tree in Leaf, Absent Householder and the House Servants, Virgins Wise and Virgins Foolish—"watch and Pray" (3)
¶And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life; and so
The Kybalion
Chapter VI: The Divine Paradox (17)
Read the message of The Kybalion--and follow the example of "the wise"--avoiding the mistake of "the half-wise" who perish by reason of their folly.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book II: The First Method of Closing the Womb-Door (30.4)
Repeat this, from thine own mouth, distinctly; and remember its meaning vividly, and meditate upon it. The putting of this into practice is essential.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (54)
Knock on yourself as upon a door, and walk upon yourself as on a straight road. For if you walk on the road, it is impossible for you to go astray....
Dhammapada
Chapter XXV: The Bhikshu (Mendicant) (379)
Rouse thyself by thyself, examine thyself by thyself, thus self-protected and attentive wilt thou live happily, O Bhikshu!
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XLVI. A Woman's Accusers Shamed—christ Confutes the Jews—"i Am the Light of the World"—"the Truth Shall Make You Free"—"i Seek Not Mine Own Glory"—"before Abraham Was, I Am"—he Eludes the Mob (41)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (18)
Do not bring grief and trouble to the divine which is within you. But when you will care for it, will request of it that you remain pure, and will...
Chaldean Oracles
Magical and Philosophical Precepts (174)
Let the immortal depth of your Soul lead you, but earnestly raise your eyes upwards.
Dhammapada
Chapter XIV: The Buddha (The Awakened) (185)
Not to blame, not to strike, to live restrained under the law, to be moderate in eating, to sleep and sit alone, and to dwell on the highest...
Chapter 13: Of the terrible, doleful, and lamentable, miserable Fall of the Kingdom of Lucifer. (20)
Now if any one should in drunkenness or fulness fall upon them, and plunge himself into perdition, let him bear his own blame; he has need of a light...
Corpus Hermeticum
7. The Greatest Ill Among Men Is Ignorance of God (1)
Whither stumble ye, sots, who have sopped up the wine of ignorance and can so far not carry it that ye already even spew it forth? Stay ye, be sober,...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter I: Preface. the Author's Object. the Utility of Written Compositions. (14)
Now the Scripture kindles the living spark of the soul, and directs the eye suitably for contemplation; perchance inserting something, as the...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XX: The True Gnostic Exercises Patience and Self - Restraint. (31)
All these, then, are not ashamed clearly to confess the advantage which accrues from caution. And the wisdom which is trite and not contrary to...
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.
Mundaka Upanishad
Third Mundaka, First Khanda (5)
By truthfulness, indeed, by penance, right knowledge, and abstinence must that Self be gained; the Self whom spotless anchorites gain is pure, and...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (81)
But thou must know, that thou, in the government of thy mind, art thine own lord and master, there will rise up no fire to thee in the circle or whole...
Dhammapada
Chapter VI: The Wise Man (Pandita) (79)
He who drinks in the law lives happily with a serene mind: the sage rejoices always in the law, as preached by the elect (Ariyas).
Dhammapada
Chapter XVII: Anger (233)
Beware of the anger of the mind, and control thy mind! Leave the sins of the mind, and practise virtue with thy mind!
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