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. I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.

Geraldine Brooks

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

Hermes Trismegistus

#4. It's not an act, it's just my way.

Arthur Godfrey

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

Hermes Trismegistus

#6. In order to make friends you must first be friendly

Dale Carnegie

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

Hermes Trismegistus

#8. I love making pictures, even if most of the results are lousy.

Larry Sultan

#9. And long after the history of all the big things that make the front pages are forgotten, what God has done through you and a few people will be history.

Richard C. Halverson

#10. 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.

Hermes Trismegistus

#11. I left Earth three times and found no other place to go. Please take care of Spaceship Earth.

Wally Schirra

#12. It was he who impressed, time and again, the necessity of singing as nature intended, and - I remember - he constantly warned, don't let the public know that you work. So I went slowly. I never forced the voice.

Enrico Caruso

#13. It is common to learn from experience what we already believe, then repeat the experience to prove what we believe we learned. The process was invented by religion and perfected by science.

Dee Hock

#14. 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.

Hermes Trismegistus

#15. 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

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

Hermes Trismegistus

#17. Jean Paul Sartre says in "No Exit" that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.

Alan Alda

#18. Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.

Patti Smith

#19. I know what it's like not to have friends. People need friends. Life's not much fun without them.

Michelle Harrison

#20. If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward.

William Penn

#21. 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

#22. I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.

Bob Uecker

#23. Many enlightened persons are never very well known. Many are reclusive. They live in little villages in India or up in the high Himalayas in Tibet. Some have no students at all. Some have a few.

Frederick Lenz