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.
No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.
Above all things, respect yourself.
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.
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.
Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Silence is better than unmeaning words.
The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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?
There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.
A thought is an idea in transit.
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!
The experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence.
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.