There are in woman’s eyes two sorts of tears, – the one of grief, the other of deceit.
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.
Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
God built the universe on numbers.
None but God is wise.
Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another!
The highest goal of music is to connect one’s soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment.
Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.
A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, when it beholdeth all things, and seeth the good and bad so mingled together, it can neither rejoice greatly; nor be grieved with over much sorrow.
Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.
Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.
Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.