Hermes Trismegistus Quotes

#1. But at last I came to understand that I was making it too complicated. For you, this is no mingling at all; for you the Book of Revelation, the ramblings of Hermes Trismegistus, and Principia Mathematica are all signatures torn from the same immense Book.

Neal Stephenson

#2. O ye people, earth-born folk, ye who have given yourselves to drunkenness and sleep and ignorance of God, be sober now,cease from your surfeit, cease to be glamored by irrational sleep!

Hermes Trismegistus

#3. Stanchion, n.
I don't want to be the strong one, but I don't want to be the weak one either. Why does it feel like it's always one or the other? When we embrace, one of us is always holding the other a little tighter.

David Levithan

#4. If thou but settest foot on this path, thou shalt see it everywhere.

Hermes Trismegistus

#5. The mirrors in your mind can reflect the best of yourself, not the worst of someone else.

Hannibal

#6. My discourse leads to the truth; the mind is great and guided by this teaching is able to arrive at some understanding. When the mind has understood all things and found them to be in harmony with what has been expounded by the teachings, it is faithful and comes to rest in that beautiful faith.

Hermes Trismegistus

#7. That which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below, to perform the miracles of one only thing.

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#8. Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#9. Close your eyes and let the mind expand. Let no fear of death or darkness arrest its course. Allow the mind to merge with Mind. Let it flow out upon the great curve of consciousness. Let it soar on the wings of the great bird of duration, up to the very Circle of Eternity.

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#10. The punishment of desire is the agony of unfulfillment

Hermes Trismegistus

#11. For the sun is situated in the center of the cosmos, wearing it like a crown

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#12. The excellence of the soul is understanding; for the man who understands is conscious, devoted, and already godlike.

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#13. Republicans are definitely pro-birth - they'll do everything they can to make sure that that baby comes out, regardless of how it got in, but are they pro-life? Can you be pro-life and vote to cut funding that supports the life of a child?

Jennifer Granholm

#14. The lady was old, the lady was ill. It didn't matter what the lady believed.

Zadie Smith