"A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence."
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"Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?"
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"The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought."
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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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"Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb."
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"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres."
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"As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other."
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"We come from God. As the tree from the root and the stream from the spring; that's why we should always be in contact with Him, as the trunk from the root. Because the stream dries up when it is separated from the spring and the tree dies when is uprooted."
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"Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination."
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"Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason."
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"In anger we should refrain both from speech and action."
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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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"The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone."
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"Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul"
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"Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please."
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"Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul."
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"Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform."
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"Silence is better than unmeaning words."
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"If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience."
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"If you're asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom's temple."
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