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Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
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Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.
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It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
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Beans have a soul.
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The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence.
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Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.
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When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.
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Abstain from animals.
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The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
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Above all have respect for yourself.
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Government exists only for the good of the governed.
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If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
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The beginning of every government starts with the education of our youth.
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Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger.
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Repect yourself... The rest will follow.
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Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.
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Don't disarrange my circles!
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Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
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No man is free who cannot control himself.
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One must choose in all things a mean just and good.
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Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.
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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that... As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms.
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Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.
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