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Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (173)
When there is no (accounting of) sin, do not speak in anything (which is) from God.
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.
Book of Enoch
Chapter CIV (9)
Be not godless in your hearts, and lie not and alter not the words of uprightness, nor charge with lying the words of the Holy Great One, nor take...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (40)
A true assertion respecting God, is an assertion of God. You should not dare to speak of God to the multitude.
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...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCVIII (7)
And do not think in your spirit nor say in your heart that ye do not know and that ye do not see that every sin is every day recorded in heaven in the...
Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
Vision of the Eighth and the Ninth (7)
"Child, I say nothing about this. It is right before god for us to be silent about what is hidden."
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (50)
To use many words when speaking of God, produces an ignorance of God. The man who possesses a knowledge of God, will not be very ambitious.
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...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (12)
That which God gives you, no one can take away. Neither do nor even think of that which you are not willing God should know.
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 17: Of the horrible, lamentable, and miserable Fall of Adam and Eve in Paradise. Man 's Looking-Glass. (76)
Behold, all whatsoever thou lettest into thy Mind (if thy Soul be not inclined [or yielded up] to God, so that it believes and trusts in him) then...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 40: That in the time of this work a soul hath no special beholding to any vice in itself nor to any virtue in itself (2)
And cry then ghostly ever upon one: a Sin, sin, sin! Out, out, out!” This ghostly cry is better learned of God by the proof, than of any man by word. ...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VII: What True Philosophy Is, and Whence So Called. (6)
Nor yet any of the angels: for in the way that angels, in virtue of being angels, speak, men do not hear; nor, as we have ears, have they a tongue to ...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 17: Of the horrible, lamentable, and miserable Fall of Adam and Eve in Paradise. Man 's Looking-Glass. (75)
Thus thou shalt know in what Manner it is Sin before God; thou hast in thyself the [one eternal pure] Element, which is a Joy in the Presence of God;...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (104)
Thou shouldst not think that God at that time did speak in that way as men do, and that it is but a weak, impotent word, like man's word.
Theologia Germanica
Chapter XVII (17.2)
But if any now will excuse himself for sin, by refusing to take what is evil unto himself, and laying the guilt thereof upon the Evil Spirit, and thus...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VIII: The Gnostic So Addicted to Truth as Not to Need to Use An Oath. (4)
And so he swears not even when asked for his oath; nor does he ever deny, so as to speak falsehood, though he should die by tortures.
Book of Enoch
Chapter XIII (5)
For from thenceforward they could not speak (with Him) nor lift up their eyes to heaven for shame of their sins for which they had been condemned.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XV: On the Different Kinds of Voluntary Actions, and the Sins Thence Proceeding. (9)
All unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not unto death."
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (30)
Do not mention everything in the presence of those whom you do not know.
Enuma Elish
Tablet VII (74)
The utterance of his mouth hath no god ever annulled
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