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Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (319)
After God, honor a wise man, since he is the servant of God.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (7)
Endeavour to be great in the estimation of divinity, but among men avoid envy. The wise man whose estimation with men was but small while he was...
Bhagavad Gita
Vijnana Yoga (7.17)
Of these, the wise man, ever steadfast and devoted to the One alone, is the best. For supremely dear am I to the man of wisdom, and he is dear to Me.
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...
Dhammapada
Chapter XV: Happiness (208)
Therefore, one ought to follow the wise, the intelligent, the learned, the much enduring, the dutiful, the elect; one ought to follow a good and wise ...
Bhagavad Gita
Vijnana Yoga (7.18)
Noble indeed are they all; but the man endowed with wisdom I deem to be My very Self. For, steadfast in mind, he remains fixed in Me alone as the...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (29)
By honoring a wise man, you will honor yourself. In all your actions place God before your eyes. You are permitted to refuse matrimony, in order that...
Dhammapada
Chapter XII: Self (158)
Let each man direct himself first to what is proper, then let him teach others; thus a wise man will not suffer.
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 Republic
Book IX (592)
Then, if that is his motive, he will not be a statesman. By the dog of Egypt, he will! in the city which is his own he certainly will, though in the l...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVII: Passages From Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom. (10)
Let the wise man, then, show his wisdom not in words only, but in good deeds.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (51)
The erudite, chaste, and wise soul, is the prophet of the truth of God. Accustom yourself always to look to Divinity. A wise intellect is the mirror...
Chuang Tzu
Man Among Men. (4)
Shall then such a one trouble whether man visits him with evil or with good? Man indeed regards him as a child; and this is to be a servant of God. "H...
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...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXX. Greeks Desire to See Jesus—he Foresees His Death: "now Is My Soul Troubled"—faith Exalted, Prayer Extolled—"i Am Come a Light Into the World.... to Save the World" (5)
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor.
Book of Enoch
Chapter V (8)
And then there shall be bestowed upon the elect wisdom, And they shall all live and never again sin, Either through ungodliness or through pride: But ...
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. (25)
Nothing is so peculiar to wisdom as truth. When you preside over men, remember that divinity also presides over you.
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXIX. "woe unto You, Scribes and Pharisees!"—hypocrisy and Cant Condemned—"o Jerusalem, Jerusalem!"—"blessed Is He That Cometh in the Name of the Lord" (5)
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LII. Sermon Continued: "speakest Thou This Parable to All?"—"i Am Come to Send Fire"—the Face of the Sky—"unless Ye Repent"—the Fig Tree Spared (3)
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he...
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...
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