Property:HPB Gem text
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The Higher Self knows that highest home of Brahman, which contains all and shines so bright. The wise who without desiring happiness worship that SELF, are not born again. +
The Sage who knows Brahman moves on; on the small, old path that stretches far away, rests in the heavenly place, and thence moves higher on. +
The altar on which the sacrifice is offered is Man; the fuel is speech itself, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear. +
The avaricious go not to the world of the gods (devas), for the fool commands no charity. +
The being of the gods, and their concern in human affairs, is beyond dispute. +
The best of medicines is death; the worst of diseases is vain anticipation. +
The best policy for a man is not to boast of his virtues. +
The best possession of the man of clay is health; the highest virtue of the man of spirit is truthfulness. +
The brave man of whose prowess all men stand in need, will never be distressed by adversaries. +
The calumniator is like one who flings dirt at another when the wind is contrary, the dirt does but return on him who threw it. +
The consciousness of good, which neither gold,<br>
Nor sordid fame, nor hope of heavenly bliss,<br>
Can purchase; but a life of resolute good,<br>
Unalterable will, quenchless desire<br>
Of universal happiness; the heart<br>
That beats with it in unison; the brain<br>
Whose ever-wakeful wisdom toils to change<br>
Reason's rich stores for its eternal weal.<br>
This "commerce" of sincerest virtue needs<br>
No mediative signs of selfishness,<br>
No jealous intercourse of wretched gain,<br>
No balancings of prudence, cold and long: –<br>
In just and equal measure all is weighed;<br>
One scale contains the sum of human weal,<br>
And one, THE GOOD MAN'S HEART! +
The contentious man induces antagonism; people cannot often repress anger when contending with fools. +
The discovery and right use of the true essence of Being – this is the whole secret of life. +
The dog howls at the moon, but the moon heeds it not; be like the moon. +
The eagle catcheth not flies; but even the eagle is disturbed by them. +
The envious man is never satisfied, nor can he ever hope to become great. +
The equal is beautiful in everything, but excess and defect do not appear so. +
The eternal Spirit is everywhere. It stands encompassing the whole world. +
The eye is a window which looks into the heart. The brain is a door through which heart escapes. +
The eyes of wisdom are like the ocean depths; there is neither joy nor sorrow in them. Therefore the soul of the disciple must become stronger than joy, and greater than sorrow. +