To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the rising and falling tides (of affairs), so that with nature and law at his back, and truth and beneficence as his beacon light, he may accomplish wonders. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. Man thus becomes the victim of the tides when he should be their Master.
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Meditation has been defined as the cessation of active eternal thought.
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When he has ceased to hear the many, he may discern the One - the inner sound which kills the outer.
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Desire nothing, Chafe not at fate, nor at Nature's changeless laws. But struggle only with the personal, the transitory, the evanescent and the perishable.
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Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.
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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
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Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered.
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Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the eternal. The giant weed (of evil) cannot flower there this blot upon existence is wiped out by the very atmosphere of eternal thought.
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There is no religion higher than the truth.
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Shun praise. Praise leads to self-delusion. Thy body is not Self, thyself is in itself without a body, and either praise or blame affects it not.
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After 3, a body has a mind of its own.
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Reflect upon the defects of your character: thoroughly realize their evils and the transient pleasures they give you, and firmly will that you shall try your best not to yield to them the next time.
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He who does not care for Heaven but is contented where he is, is already in Heaven.
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Spirit is living, and Life is Spirit, and Life and Spirit produce all things, but they are essentially one and not two.
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