Property:HPB Gem text
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B
A little hill in a low place thinks itself a great mountain. +
A man can rarely be unhappy by being ignorant of another's thoughts; but he that does not attend to the motions of his own is certainly unhappy. +
A misfortune that cometh from on high cannot be averted; caution is useless against the decrees of Fate. +
A narrow stomach may be filled to its satisfaction, but a narrow mind will never be satisfied, not even with all the riches of the world. +
A stone becomes a plant; a plant a beast; the beast a man; a man a Spirit; and the Spirit – GOD. +
A student without inclination for work is like a squirrel on its wheel; he makes no progress. +
A teacher is more venerable than ten sub-teachers; a father, than one hundred teachers; a mother, than a thousand fathers. +
A thousand regrets will not pay thy debts. +
A traveller without observation is a bird without wings. +
A wise man should ever shrink from honour as from poison, and should always be desirous of disrespect as if of ambrosia. +
Adepts are rare as the blossom of the Udumbara tree. +
Alas! We reap what seed we sow; the hands that smite us are our own. +
All action ends in destruction; death is certain for whatever is born; everything in this world is transient. +
All good fortune belongs to him of contented mind. Is not the whole earth leather-covered for him who wears shoes? +
All has an end, and will away. Truth alone is immortal, and lives for ever. +
All life is but a perpetual promise; an engagement renewed, but never fulfilled. +
All our dignity consists in thought, therefore let us contrive to think well; for that is the principle of morals. +
All the air resounds with the presence of spirit and spiritual laws. +
Ambrosia may be extracted even from poison; elegant speech even from a fool; virtue even from an enemy; and gold from dross. +
Amuse not thyself at the expense of those who depend on thee. Mock not a venerable man, for he is thy superior. +