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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 man, as the moon follows the path of the stars.
The Masnavi
The Three Fishes (1-10)
The marks of the wise man, of the half wise, and of the fool. The wise man is he who possesses a torch of his own; That leader is his own director...
The Masnavi
The Man who was Tattooed (21-30)
Every man takes refuge in some form of service, And chooses for himself some asylum; Do thou seek refuge in the shadow of the wise man, Of all forms...
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.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (319)
After God, honor a wise man, since he is the servant of God.
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...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XV: On the Different Kinds of Voluntary Actions, and the Sins Thence Proceeding. (13)
So Abraham was much to be praised, because "he walked as the Lord spake to him." Drawing from this instance, one of the wise men among the Greeks utte...
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...
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...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter IX: Reasons for Veiling the Truth in Symbols. (7)
The Ionic muses accordingly expressly say, "That the majority of people, wise in their own estimation, follow minstrels and make use of laws, knowing...
Katha Upanishad
Second Vallī (2)
Yea, the wise prefers the good to the pleasant, but the fool chooses the pleasant through greed and avarice.'...
The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Self-Examination and the Recollection of God (14)
If a man finds himself sluggish and averse from austerity and self-discipline, he should consort with one who is a proficient in such practices so as...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XIV: Greek Plagiarism From the Hebrews. (113)
Let him who wishes, then, approaching to the true instruction, learn from Parmenides the Eleatic, who promises: "Ethereal nature, then, and all the...
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...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (176)
A wise man is a doer of good works after God.
Chuang Tzu
The Tao of God. (5)
The ancients indeed cultivated the study of accidentals, but they did not allow it to precede that of essentials. The prince precedes, the minister...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 48 — Spenta Mainyu Gatha (3)
(Yea, tell me then this), for to the enlightened man is that the best of teachings which the beneficent Ahura doth proclaim, and through (the...
Corpus Hermeticum
5. Though Unmanifest God Is Most Manifest (3)
Who is the One who watcheth o'er that order? For every order hath its boundaries marked out by place and number. The sun's the greatest god of gods in...
The Kybalion
Chapter VI: The Divine Paradox (17)
Read the message of The Kybalion--and follow the example of "the wise"--avoiding the mistake of "the half-wise" who perish by reason of their folly.
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 43 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (3)
And may that (holy man) approach toward that which is the better than the good , he who will show to us the straight paths of (spiritual) profit, (the...
Katha Upanishad
Fourth Vallī (2)
Wise men only, knowing the nature of what is immortal, do not look for anything stable here among things unstable.'...
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