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Dhammapada
Chapter XXIII: The Elephant (327)
Be not thoughtless, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the evil way, like an elephant sunk in mud.
Gospel of Philip
The Root of Evil (The Root of Evil)
Let each of us also dig down after the root of evil within us and pull it out of our hearts from the root. It will be uprooted if we recognize it....
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (4)
Listen, my son, to my advice! Do not show your back to enemies and flee, but rather, pursue them as a strong one. Be not an animal, with men pursuing...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (3)
Remove yourself from these things, O wretched soul! Bring your guide and your teacher. The mind is the guide, but reason is the teacher. They will...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (34)
Invoke God as a witness to whatever you do. The bad man does not think there is a providence. Assert that which possesses wisdom in you, to be the...
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...
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (182-191)
Ho! seek aid of Him, not of another than Him Seek water in the ocean, not in a dried-up channel. On cleansing the inward temple of the heart from...
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (162-171)
Be like Solomon, so that your demons Be like Solomon, free from evil thoughts and guile, Your heart is as Solomon's signet; take good care That it...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (343/344)
Do not provoke the anger of a mob. Know, then, what is fitting for the fortunate man to do.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VII, Khanda 6 (1)
The earth reflects, as it were, and thus does the sky, the heaven, the water, the mountains, gods and men. Therefore those who among men obtain greatn...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (5)
Oh wretched man, what will you do if you fall into their hands? Protect yourself, lest you be delivered into the hands of your enemies. Entrust...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (88)
Accept the wisdom of Christ, (who is) patient and mild, and guard this, O my son, knowing that God's way is always profitable.
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (87)
When one qualifying or fountain spirit driveth thee too strongly, or presseth thee too hard to a thing which is against the law of nature, then thou...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (28)
Accept Christ, who is able to set you free, and who has taken on the devices of that one, so that through these he might destroy him by deceit. For...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XXXIX (14)
Let no evil hindrances come forth against me from thy mouth in what thou doest towards me
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXVI (9)
And if either of you deviseth evil against his brother, know that from henceforth every one that deviseth evil against his brother will fall into his ...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (48)
My son, guard yourself against wickedness, and do not let the Spirit of Wickedness cast you down into the Abyss. For he is mad and bitter. He is...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (34)
Live with Christ and he will save you. For he is the true light and the sun of life. For just as the sun which is visible and makes light for the...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (321)
Do not become guilty of your own death. Do not be angry at him who will take you out of (the) body and kill you.
Chapter 11: Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (125)
Now I get the better of him, now he is too hard for me; yet for all that he has not overcome or conquered me, though he often getteth the advantage...
The Masnavi
The Pauper and the Prisoners (23-33)
Sometimes thoughts of gain and traffic, Sometimes thoughts of money and wives and children, Sometimes thoughts of household goods and fine linen,...
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