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Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (161/162)
Speak when it is not proper to be silent, but speak concerning the things you know (only) then when it is fitting.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (39)
Speak not of God to every man. It is dangerous, and the danger is not small, to speak of God even things which are true.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (30)
Do not mention everything in the presence of those whom you do not know.
The Masnavi
Bayazid and his impious sayings when beside himself (61-69)
Close then your lips, though eloquence be possible. Keep silence; God knows the right way! The Prophet said, "O ye who regard only the outside, Many...
Life of Pythagoras
PYTHAGORIC ETHICAL SENTENCES FROM STOBÆUS, Which are omitted in the Opuscula Mythologica, &c. of Gale. (24)
Pythagoras said, that it was either requisite to be silent, or to say something better than silence. Stob. p. 215.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 3 (4.3.26)
Verily, while he does not there speak, he is verily speak- ing, though he does not speak (what is [usually] to be spoken); for there is no cessation...
Dhammapada
Chapter X: Punishment (133)
Do not speak harshly to anybody; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful, blows for blows will touch thee.
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XLII (28)
As regards my mouth: whether in speech or in silence, I am right and fair
Dhammapada
Chapter XVII: Anger (232)
Beware of the anger of the tongue, and control thy tongue! Leave the sins of the tongue, and practise virtue with thy tongue!
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter IX: Reasons for Veiling the Truth in Symbols. (6)
"To win the flowers of fair renown from men, Be not induced to speak aught more than right."
Bhagavad Gita
Mokṣha Sanyāsa Yoga (18.67)
This is never to be spoken by you to one who is devoid of austerity, nor to one who is not devoted, nor to one who does not do service, nor to one...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter IX: Those Who Teach Others, Ought to Excel in Virtues. (2)
Whatever, therefore, he has in his mind, he bears on his tongue, to those who are worthy to hear, speaking as well as living from assent and...
Dhammapada
Chapter VIII: The Thousands (100)
Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
Katha Upanishad
Third Vallī (13)
'A wise man should keep down speech and mind; he should keep them within the Self which is knowledge; he should keep knowledge within the Self which...
The Masnavi
The Elephant in a Dark Room (32-41)
Keep silence, that you may hear Him speaking Keep silence, that you may hear from that Sun Keep silence, that the Spirit may speak to you; Give up...
The Masnavi
The Mosalman who tried to convert a Magian (23-33)
"When the Prophet used to tell us deep sayings, That chosen one, while scattering pearls of speech, Would bid us preserve perfect quiet and silence."...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 45 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (1)
Yea, I will speak forth; hear ye; now listen, ye who from near, and ye who from afar have come seeking (the knowledge). Now ponder ye clearly all...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 23: Of the highly precious Testaments of Christ, viz. Baptism and his last Supper, which he held in the Evening of Maundy- Thursday with his Disciples; which he left us for his Last [Will,] as a Farewell for a Remembrance. The most noble Gate of Christianity. (35)
I must speak, for I see it; do what thou wilt, this is the Truth; thou earnest a new-washed Soul from the Baptism, but thou art a filthy Swine, even i...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 1 (6.1.3)
Verily, he who knows the most excellent becomes the most excellent of his own [people]. Speech, verily, is the most excellent. He who knows this...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (42)
My son, do not dare to say a word about this One, and do not confine the God of all to mental images. For he who condemns may not be condemned by the...
Forty Hadith Qudsi
Hadith Collection (22)
On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Let not any one of you...
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