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The Masnavi
The Sufi's Beast (71-79)
Wisdom breaks away from you and takes to flight! 0n Taqlid, blind imitation or cant. "O wretch, why did you not come and say to me, 'Such and such a disastrous affair has occurred?'" The servant replied, "By Allah, I came again and again, You were always saying, 'The ass is gone, my lad!' Along with the others in high excitement; So I went away, thinking you knew all about it, And were pleased at the transaction, being a wise man."
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.60)
O Arjuna! The turbulent senses carry away the mind even of the learned man though he is striving to control them.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: The Sixth Day (9.19)
The green light-path of the Wisdom of Perfected Actions will not shine upon thee, because the Wisdom-faculty of thine intellect hath not been...
The Alchemy of Happiness
The Knowledge of the Next World (4)
Therefore the Koran says, "He who is blind in this life will be blind in the next life, and astray from the path."
Bhagavad Gita
Karma Yoga (3.26)
The wise man should not disturb and confuse the minds of the ignorant attached to action. By performing all actions with yogic equanimity, they...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XV: Different Degrees of Knowledge. (23)
Knowledge is then followed by practical wisdom, and practical wisdom by self-control: for it may be said that practical wisdom is divine knowledge,...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VII, Khanda 8 (1)
One powerful man shakes a hundred men of understanding. If a man is powerful, he becomes a rising man. If he rises, he becomes a man who visits wise p...
Dhammapada
Chapter XX: The Way (282)
Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter X: Steps to Perfection. (3)
Now we assert that knowledge (gnosis) differs from the wisdom (sofia), which is the result of teaching. For as far as anything is knowledge, so far...
Dhammapada
Chapter XI: Old Age (152)
A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow.
The Conference of the Birds
The Fourth Valley or The Valley of Independence and Detachment (4)
A pupil demanded an answer from his master to an idle question. The shaikh said: 'First wash your face. Can the perfume of musk be smelled in the...
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.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (7)
My son, accept the education and the teaching. Do not flee from the education and the teaching, but when you are taught, accept (it) with joy. And if...
Bhagavad Gita
Sankhya Yoga (2.55)
The Lord said: When a man renounces completely all the desires of the mind, and when he is fully satisfied with his mind fixed in Atma, then he is...
Dhammapada
Chapter III: Thought (38)
If a man's thoughts are unsteady, if he does not know the true law, if his peace of mind is troubled, his knowledge will never be perfect.
Mundaka Upanishad
First Mundaka, Second Khanda (8)
Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round staggering to and fro, like blind men...
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!
Bhagavad Gita
Jnana Yoga (4.37)
O Arjuna! Just as blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, even so, the fire of, Knowledge destroys all actions.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (24)
The wise man is always similar to himself. The knowledge and imitation of divinity, are alone sufficient to beatitude. Use lying as poison.
Dhammapada
Chapter II: On Earnestness (26)
Fools follow after vanity, men of evil wisdom. The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (49)
The wise man is governed by God, and on this account is blessed. A scientific knowledge of God causes a man to use few words.
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