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Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (311/312)
The wise man shares in the kingdom of God; an evil man does not want the foreknowledge of God to come to pass.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (35)
The wise man participates of God. Where that which is wise in you resides, there also is your good. That which is not noxious to the soul, is not...
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.
The Masnavi
The Merchant and his Clever Parrot (12-21)
Whereas the saint is well-pleasing to God, But the sinner's hand is the hand of Satan and demons, If folly meets him, he takes it for wisdom; Yea,...
Dhammapada
Chapter X: Punishment (136)
A fool does not know when he commits his evil deeds: but the wicked man burns by his own deeds, as if burnt by fire.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (12)
Wisdom summons you in her goodness, saying, "Come to Me, all of you, O foolish ones, that you may receive a gift, the understanding which is good and...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (48)
A king rejoices in those whom he governs, and therefore God rejoices in the wise man. He who governs likewise, is inseparable from those whom he...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XIV: Degrees of Glory in Heaven. (5)
We thought his life madness, and his end dishonourable. How is he reckoned among the sons of God, and his inheritance among the saints?"
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (69)
Where is a man (who is) wise or powerful in intelligence, or a man whose devices are many because he knows wisdom? Let him speak wisdom; let him...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XI: The Knowledge Which Comes Through Faith the Surest of All. (7)
The Gnostic is therefore fixed by faith; but the man who thinks himself wise touches not what pertains to the truth, moved as he is by unstable and...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (29)
Do not put maliciousness in your judgment, for every malicious man harms his heart. For only a foolish man is wont to his destruction, but a wise man...
Dhammapada
Chapter II: On Earnestness (26)
Fools follow after vanity, men of evil wisdom. The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (30)
Do not mention everything in the presence of those whom you do not know.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (47)
Divine wisdom is true science. You should not dare to speak of God to an impure soul. The wise man follows God, and God follows the soul of the wise...
Dhammapada
Chapter IX: Evil (120)
Even a good man sees evil days, as long as his good deed has not ripened; but when his good deed has ripened, then does the good man see happy days.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (23)
The intellect of the wise man is always with divinity. God dwells in the intellect of the wise man. Every desire is insatiable, and therefore is...
Dhammapada
Chapter IX: Evil (121)
Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the...
Dhammapada
Chapter XIII: The World (177)
The uncharitable do not go to the world of the gods; fools only do not praise liberality; a wise man rejoices in liberality, and through it becomes...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XII: The True Gnostic Is Beneficent, Continent, and Despises Worldly Things. (23)
"Not every one," therefore, "that says Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of God; but he that doeth the will of God." Such is the gnostic...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XIX: The True Gnostic Is An Imitator of God, Especially in Beneficence. (4)
Accordingly, the good man who has become heir of the kingdom, it registers also as fellow-citizen, through divine wisdom, with the righteous of the...
The Path of Light
Chapter 8: The Perfect Contemplation (2)
If he share in the life of the foolish, a man assuredly goes to hell; if he share it not, he wins hatred; what profits it to have commerce with the...
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