[1] A government that taxes
its citizens is incompetent; a competent government attracts all the resources
it needs to sustain itself, without having to force its citizens to support it
through their work.
[2] A just and righteous judge
pardons those who commit iniquity without realizing it, and, who upon
discovering they have done wrong, are filled with guilt and regret; but a
vindictive judge condemns those who commit iniquity, regardless of whether they
were aware of what they were doing or not, and regardless of whether or not
they felt remorse upon discovering the truth.
[3] A disloyal woman who
expects love and then gets angry when she does not find it is like an idiot
farmer who refuses to plant the seeds but still expects to produce a crop, and
then gets angry when he has nothing to plow come harvest time; even the
unlearned will say: “You fool! First plant the damn seeds!”
[4] Those who approach love
as commanders approach war are but dogs chasing after their own tails, or fools
trying to catch the wind.
[5] The only reason people
seek after multiple partners, and to its extent, is to compensate for the
degree to which they secretly feel unloved and unworthy; but those who feel
most loved and worthy seek after but one.
[6] Wise are those who seek
first after knowledge and understanding, for love and prosperity shall also be
added unto them, and in exact relation to the stock of the resulting wisdom;
but foolish are those who chase after money and sex as a substitute for the
pursuit of knowledge, for poverty and loneliness shall surely come to be their
closed ally.
[7] The wicked love to bestow
great honors on those who practice evildoing, that they may be encouraged to
continue in their follies; they also love to punish those who do good, that the
righteous might turn from what is right and true and be converted into workers
of iniquity. For the wicked feel foolish, unless those surrounding them act as
stupid as they do.
[8] The ignorant man tries to
win the love of his beloved by showering her with luxuries and pleasures,
which, if she accepts them, work a penalty against her; but the wise man simply
loves her to the inclusion of no other, and then there is no dissatisfaction
left in her heart. Only in this way may he become her champion.
[9] Those who seek to put a
wedge between their king and his queen destroy nations and peoples, and take
peace and prosperity from them; for the state of the relationship between a
king and queen is reflected in their entire kingdom.
[10] Only a man who rules
over himself is fit to rule over others; otherwise he will oppress rather than
serve.
[11] The advent of the
Kingdom of God is like waiting to wed the noblest and fairest of maidens; it is
both frustratingly painstaking, and yet gloriously exciting at the same time!
[12] There is no greater
ecstasy than direct communion with God; if even the most debauched heathen had
but a small taste of its bliss, he would instantly seek to abandon the
pleasures of the flesh and the love of money, glory and power, and commit
himself to vanquishing these evils forevermore.
[13] He who knows and
understands the causes and effects of the natural laws can predict the future
as surely as the sun rises: wise men give him their ears that they may not fall
into calamity, but that they may prosper; but fools deride him, and scoff at
his every word; thus, they are rewarded for their deafness and stupidity with
the fruits of their transgressions.
[14] The man who masters the
focus and direction of his attention masters the use and function of his body,
and the man who masters his body masters his environment; nothing is accepted
within it without his consent.
[15] The fool who today
confesses his foolishness is tomorrow’s wise man: for who would willingly
continue to live in his follies after becoming aware of how they harm him?
[16] Those who envy the
strong or wise man his abilities prevent themselves from developing that which
he possesses within themselves, for what is possible for one is possible for
all.
[17] The wicked seek for
themselves that which the righteous seek for others.
[18] The prideful woman
boasts in her many suitors; but the humble woman simply smiles, because she
knows she is truly loved.
[19] A man only becomes great
when even the worst injustice may be inflicted upon him and yet he has the
power to refrain from reacting to it in anger and retaliation; for it is a sure
sign that he has already succeeded in completely mastering himself.
[20] The wicked use the
proverbs of scripture to justify and excuse the practice of their own cruelty
and injustice, but the righteous recognize that when punishments are spoken of,
they are but natural consequences of the law, and that they come upon
transgressors without men having to make of themselves judges and executioners.
[21] When a wise man offends
his neighbor and his neighbor becomes cross with him, he holds his tongue and
listens to his neighbor’s rage with an understanding ear, for he knows that he
deserves the contempt he is receiving.
[22] The ignorant blame those
whom they offend for getting upset with them, for they lack the awareness to
see and acknowledge that the fault lay first with themselves.
[23] The wicked mistake wrong
for right and right for wrong; they are delusional, and their delusions are as
a noose that slowly tightens around their necks.
[24] The wisest of men will
be the first to admit that his stock of knowledge and the length of his
understanding are as a grain of sand on a long stretch of beach; but the most
foolish is he who boasts that he has fully cured his own ignorance.
[25] The proud consider
themselves teachers, that they may be exalted in the eyes of others; but the
humble consider themselves students, that they may be exalted within
themselves.
[26] Out of injured pride
comes forth life’s greatest lessons; a horse must be broken before a rider may
mount and command it.
[27] The man who truly knows
himself often finds that he knows others better than they know themselves, for
he understands why they do what they do while they often remain ignorant to
their own motives.
[28] Sometimes the best way
to become truly convicted in what is right is to first experience the penalties
of that which must always follow what is wrong.
[29] Continual study of the
works of the learned and wise, constant observation of their revelations made
manifest on the stage of life, and solemn meditation in the aforementioned pair
is the way by which hopeless paupers may turn themselves into enduring kings.
[30] The belief that there is
no right and wrong is in itself wrong.
[31] Isolation and
deprivation force a man to reflect, and in his reflection he comes to discover
that which is denied to those who merely eat, drink, and make merry.
[32] The depth of a man’s
sorrow will later become the exact height of his ecstasy, if he but thirst
after righteousness and seek all that is good and true.
[33] Kings that endure are
those who seek to serve the people, instead of using the people to serve
themselves.
[34] World peace is only
possible when everyone refrains from causing others to feel that which they do
not wish to feel.
[35] The husband who seeks to
satisfy his wife, not that he may gain her approval to validate his manhood
(for how does that serve her), but so that her soul knows no dissatisfaction is
the man who will not go without love and favor.
[36] The man who truly loves
humanity is the one who treats his enemies with the same respect and courtesy
as he does his truest and most loyal friends.
[37] The LORD uses the wicked
to discipline His servants when they commit iniquity, that they may repent and
correct themselves; He also uses the evil works of the wicked to test and
refine those of His servants who are already exalted in their righteousness,
that they may be made known and further prepared to receive their just reward.
[38] Those born of woman are
made subject to those born not of the womb.
[39] People are most willing
to serve those who serve them best.
[41] The greatest of men
perform even the lowest of tasks, if they be necessary; but the lowliest of
men, in their arrogance and haughtiness, demand others do it for them, that
they may gloat over their servant’s reluctant and resentful obedience.
[42] Truth is as a bright
light that dispels the darkness of lies and deceit; for in darkness people
stumble and come to injury, but in the light their path is made known to them
and no blemish comes to mark their skin.
[43] A good king establishes
his kingdom for the glory of his people; but a wretched king establishes his
kingdom for the glory of himself.
[44] The lusty and deceitful
admonish men to be chaste, so that by their abstinence the former’s pleasure of
the flesh may be better indulged in.
[45] A proverb is but a
revelation of which seed bears what fruit.
[46] Fools love to condemn
most in others that which they fail to see is most prevalent in themselves.
[47] When a foolish man is
rebuked for his faults and errors, he fumbles to present any flimsy evidence he
can find that may justify himself in clinging to his foolishness, rather than
seeking to confront and remove it.
[48] Wicked kings deceive the
people into accepting their evil designs by presenting them in such a way as to
appear to benefit the people; but when the truth reveals the true intents and
purposes of such vile schemes, the people finally realize it comes to their
chagrin instead.
[49] People of wisdom place
their trust in a righteous king, even when they do not understand the reasons
for his actions and instructions; for they know that his wisdom extends far
beyond their own, and that everything he does is not for his own benefit but
for theirs.
[50] Ignorant men waste their
efforts attempting to add things to themselves in hopes of becoming worthy of
woman’s love, when all they need do is subtract the thoughts that prevent them
from receiving it.
[51] He who becomes wise
often first partakes in much foolishness, for often only in this way does he
discover the penalties of his errors and thus the reasons for why his follies and
foibles require correction.
[52] The hallmark of a wise
man is that he knows what he knows and also knows what he knows not; but a
foolish man thinks he knows everything and, in this, confines his knowledge to
a small portion.
[53] Only when a bride has
made herself ready does her bridegroom come.
[54] Nobody but fools punish
themselves to punish others, for not one jot and tittle of good comes of it, to
either the fool or their victims.
[55] If a husband but even
thinks of another woman with desire, he has wronged his wife, and his marriage
will suffer for his having harbored that secret thought.
[56] Just as joy is found in
the delight of the LORD, so is happiness found in the delight of a virtuous and
loyal spouse.
[57] Adhering to the
means-whereby, with a thirst for righteousness as its motive, is the most
practical way by which the chains of sin may be broken and shattered.
[58] When the secret evils of
the wicked are revealed, instead of admitting their iniquities and correcting
them, they seek vengeance by punishing those who make their sins known.
[59] To those who have
conformed themselves to the moral law, and have observed the affairs of men through
its lens, all proverbs become self-evident.
[60] What a man cannot refuse
is his master, and he its slave.
[61] Wisdom is useless
without humility.
[62] After a righteous man
comes to expect unfairness and injustice from the wicked, it no longer stirs
his wrath.
[63] When a man becomes too
familiar with his sin, he often loses the capacity to recognize it as wrong;
thus, he seeks to deny its immorality and excuse and justify its practice.
[64] A foolish woman attempts
to force love by arousing jealousy; thus, she fails to find what she seeks, and
her suitors’ unrequited love turns to wrath and vengeance against her life.
[65] The intellectually vain
study to think themselves learned; but the learned study to remove their
ignorance.
[66] The ignorant seek to
mask symptoms; the learned seek to remove their causes.
[67] A foolish wife fakes her
husband’s pleasure, and thus trains him to be unsatisfactory to her; for why
would he stop doing that which he thinks is pleasing to her?
[68] Love surfaces to the
degree to which the desire to control one another vanishes; mastery over sin
makes this condition manifest.
[69] A wife who takes not her
husband’s seed into her mouth is a disappointment to him, just as is a husband
who refuses to drink his wife’s juice is to her.
[70] A sincere apology is
made not of mere words but in refraining to do in the future that which injured
in the past.
[71] Fools waste time in
pleasure; but the wise invest it in the pursuit of knowledge and the
development of talent, that they may better serve others.
[72] A selfish, jealous lover
turns into a wild beast who will destroy his beloved when it is made clear he
cannot keep her; but as long as hope remains, he will wag his tail whenever she
comes round.
[73] To the puritan healthy
sexual practices appear to be shameful and abominable, but to the libertine
they seem dull and boring.
[74] Backsides were made for
defecation, and nothing else; those who use it otherwise sin against their own
lives.
[75] What’s good for a
righteous king is also good for his people.
[76] The way of a wicked king
is simple: he oppresses the people through deception, and when his schemes are
revealed and the people object to his injustice, he punishes them for their
protests; thus, he earns their contempt and hatred.
[77] The seducer and
seductress become such as a result of a broken heart; their conquests are as a
sling around a broken arm that never heals.
[78] Wise is he indeed who
rejects the advances of a boisterous woman, for should he submit to her charms,
it will bring much trouble and distress into his life.
[79] A husband whose highest
aim is the fulfillment of his wife’s needs finds his needs also met; but those
who place their needs above their spouse’s soon finds both go unsatisfied.
[80] He who keeps a record of
wrongs lives in the past, and thus his future will become a replica of it; but
if he abandon that record and instead thinks on the means whereby harmony may
abide, his future will come to reflect those thoughts instead.
[81] A deceptive person with
a secret to hide will reveal unnecessary information in hopes of removing any
doubt before it arises; but in so doing, he only succeeds at arousing
suspicion, and thereby betrays his attempt to conceal the truth.
[82] To please his wife, a
husband must first cultivate the capacity to be aware of what she thinks and
how she feels in response to everything he says and does.
[83] The limit of drink is
before that boundary where those things shamefully done would not be so if
sober.
[84] He who looks at what
everyone else is doing and follows suit often falls off a cliff; a flock
without a shepherd comes to ruin.
[85] Until a man sees the
shame in his ways, he will not change them; therefore, he who desires change
must seek out his own shame – else he is at the mercy of others revelations of
it.
[86] He who states the
obvious in hopes of garnering praise arouses contempt; but he who reveals an
unknown truth for their edification earns for himself honor among them.
[87] How wise is a man who
fails to follow his own wisdom; therefore, it is wiser to ask for humility than
it is for wisdom, for the latter may corrupt what the former cannot shatter.
[88] Rejection from a
righteous king is far worse than a thousand bee stings; those who receive it
have justly earned it.
[89] A man who puts his own
pleasure above his wife and children cannot rightly be called a man, for as a
slave unto himself a servant unto them can he not be.
[90] Love without loyalty is
dead.
[91] Those who hate money
envy those who have it, but those who love it lust for the power they think it
gives them over others; therefore, desire money but be indifferent to its
coming and going.
[92] A woman only initiates
with a man she gives not a damn about, for if she truly cared she wouldn’t risk
the rejection.
[93] The prideful revile at truthful
rebuke, but the humble bow their heads.
[94] Fools justify their sin
because their insecurity outweighs their ability to admit they could be wrong.
[95] A person who approaches
their beloved as a conquest to be subjugated practices hatred, not love.
[96] A jealous love is
nothing but an obsession; it is selfish and considers not the best interests of
the beloved.
[97] Self-righteous are those
who seek revenge against the indignation of those whom they’ve provoked or
offended.
[98] A man is remembered not
for who he once was but for who he became.
[99] The greatness of a man
is measured by his sacrifice to others.
[100] Heap coals of kindness
on a prideful and boastful man who attempts to subject you and he will scoff at
your seeming weakness; but judge him righteously and he will not only see his
shame but also respect you.
[101] Jealousy and lust are
the enemies of love; patience and kindness are its emissaries.
[102] Talent may take a
lifetime to develop but then it may be called upon at a moment’s notice.
[103] It is pleasure to think
and joy to form thoughts into words.
[104] Uncover the shame of a
fool, and he will curse you; but do so of the wise, and he will give you
gratitude.
[105] A king who sees his
position as an obligation rather than a privilege is the one who will best
serve the people.
[106] Forced morality is
itself immoral; he who executes a murderer becomes one.
[107] Better a little wisdom
fully followed than a lot unheeded.
[108] A coward makes for a
false friend; he flatters with his lips and even gives gifts, but then he strikes
the back of the head when it is turned away.
[109] Selfish are those who
expect that which they are unwilling to give in return; an unfaithful woman who
demands loyalty is filled with doublespeak.
[110] Contrite is he not who
fears the wages of sin instead of the rewards of righteousness.
[111] A king serves his
kingdom, but a queen serves her husband; she either makes or breaks him, and he
in turn either makes or breaks their kingdom.
[112] A husband and wife are
each others’ possessions: they belong one to another; therefore, an adulterer
gives away what is not his to give, and a fornicator takes that which belongs
to another – he is a thief of the flesh, and in his wife’s debt.
[113] The bolder a man
becomes in the truth, the greater grows the desire of the wicked to silence
him.
[114] He who is always loyal
in his acts and always honest in his words makes for a true friend; but he who
is neither will be false: he is an enemy in disguise, for his heart is filled
with selfishness, and he will seek to conceal it with lies and deceit.
[115] A person who lets their
body deny or defy their heart throws their life into chaos, strife and
distress; peace and poise are granted only to those who subject their flesh to
their heart.
[116] A contentious wife
manipulates her husband’s emotions to motivate him to do what she wants; thus,
he resents her for it. But a good wife serves her husband in all things and he
then eagerly does what she wants with joy and loving-kindness.
[117] Man’s greatest error is
intimidation; woman’s, manipulation.
[118] Call a coward a coward,
and he will deny it every time; for if he does not, he is already on the sure
path to manhood.
[119] A man who speaks of
truth, righteousness and justice in the congregation of the wicked is not only
deprived of his honest reward, he is crucified for it.
[120] A husband’s lingum
belongs to his wife, and her yanni belongs to him; in marriage, each is given,
one to the other, until death do them part. Those who violate this law are
thieves and traitors of the flesh.
[121] When wisdom is melded
with simplicity, wonder ensues.
[122] World peace begins not with
harmony between nations but fidelity between husbands and wives; therefore, an
adulterer who preaches peace is a hypocrite and a fraud.
[123] A husband and wife who
welcome an intruder into their bed is like freezing water in a cracked stone;
it will be split apart.
[124] Unreceived compensation
for service rendered is repaid with compound interest, just as short-changing
masters are taxed on their thefts.
[125] A slave-owner
guarantees his own bankruptcy; for when his slaves are freed, the debt-collector
comes calling, and then how shall he pay?
[126] He who observes the
affects of his thoughts upon his behavior, and his behavior upon his
circumstances, soon becomes the master of his life.
[127] Cursed is the man who
steals from his brother’s bag of gold in secret, then considers himself
charitable by giving back one bronze coin in public.
[128] More deaf are those who
hear but do not understand than those who hear not a single word.
[129] What is said with
little and without sacrificing its meaning is that which is most accurately
told.
[130] Traitors soon find the
person they have betrayed most are themselves.
[131] To evade any suspicion
of guilt, hypocrites publicly condemn the very things they do in private.
[132] When wonderment becomes
familiar it seems ordinary.
[133] He who places his trust
quickly often has it betrayed.
[134] The intellectually vain
preach what little knowledge they have in the company of the learned, and yet
know not that they consider him a fool and a fraud; only the ignorant listen,
and the fool falsely believes this justifies his superior intelligence.
[135] In their indolence,
fools scoff at that which they do not understand; but the wise investigate the
unknown before drawing conclusions.
[136] He who can have many
yet chooses and commits to but one demonstrates true love; but fornicators and
adulterers betray its habitation.
[137] The great sign of
compassion is the capacity to forgive even the worst of wrongs.
[138] Anger and revenge are
the rotten fruits produced from the seed of disappointment; sympathy and
forgiveness are its good fruits.
[139] It is better to have
none than even one unfit.
[140] To respond to injury
with forgiveness instead of wrath is to become divine.
[141] Penitent is he not who
plans his plea for absolution before he even commits the offense.
[142] Due to the desire of
men to cling to what is familiar, the truth is often offensive.
[143] Pleasure becomes
burdensome when often indulged; but joy and happiness increase the further
prolonged in.
[144] A woman who believes
she deserves not love will punish those who try to give it, lest her belief be
proven false.
[145] The boy who seeks his
manhood in women fails to recognize it resides within himself.
[146] A wife loves most a
husband who remains poised in the midst of her chaos.
[147] Ability and skill come
quickly to him who first invests in the coordination between his mind and body.
[148] The man who attempts to
assert his dominance with force only succeeds at revealing that he is a slave
to his own conceit.
[149] Jealousy and lust are
the offspring of the fear of loneliness.
[150] In his journey from
ideal to its realization, every man is bound to fall into some hypocrisy; only
fools remain in it while the wise pass over onto the other side.
[151] Everything that causes
bodily ill is wrong; thus, when the body goes amiss it attempts to reveal a
vile cause in need of correction.
[152] A promiscuous woman is
desired by many but respected by none.
[153] Compassion is the
result of the recognition that those who do evil are but slaves to their own
sin; therefore, why add more injury to their self-affliction?
[154] The husband who
anticipates and satisfies his wife’s needs before she even recognizes them goes
not without love and favor.
[155] What is beautiful in
wedlock is despicable out of it.
[156] A town often preserves
in a man that which a city corrupts.
[157] A wife who commits
adultery is as painful to her husband as if he fell in love with another woman
is to her.
[158] When a husband and wife
no longer bear one another’s sins, a perfect love relation is obtained.
[159] Authenticity cannot be
mimicked; it must be developed from within, not engineered from without.
[160] Those who know not
their true place come to shame and ruin.
[161] A man who idolizes his
wife receives as his reward her contempt, for even she knows she is unworthy of
such high praise.
[162] He who would be happy
values a loyal and honest wife far above riches, honor, youth and pleasure.
[163] A good king questions
and instructs in place of commands, for do not men revere their own choice?
[164] Until a person changes
how they do what they do, they will not truly change what they do.
[165] The righteous only want
power over themselves; the wicked, over others.
[166] Cursed are those who
fail to acknowledge their indebtedness, for the longer and deeper their denial,
the greater their debt increases.
[167] The pinnacle of
morality is the foundation of happiness.
[168] The measure of a man’s
humility is in relation to the speed to which he can admit his faults and
errors.
[169] Accursed is the woman
who rewards a boy as if he were a man, for he then falsely believes he deserves
that which he receives and loses his desire to grow into manhood.
[170] There is nothing to
polygamy but lusty vanity and conceit; many partners is false evidence of moral
ascendency.
[171] A man who proclaims his
title to inspire cooperation soon loses both.
[172] Those who approach love
as a game ensure their loss, but those who seek in it a mutually loyal union
both win.
[173] It requires desire and
persistence to attain a thing, but to retain that thing once possessed, an
adherence to the law must be effectively observed; if it is not, the thing
acquired will be lost.
[174] All obstacles melt to
those who believe; nothing can come between desire mixed with persistence and
an adherence to the law. Time is but the only variable, which demands patience.
[175] Fools seek attention
through abominable displays to compensate for rejection and to hide their
loneliness; but wise men endure loneliness and learn from the circumstances
that led to it.
[176] Ignoramuses rage when
their arguments are revealed to be but masks by which to conceal their
ignorance of their ignorance.
[177] Foolish are those who
mistake attention for love, for contempt and loneliness are their rewards.
[178] A good king rewards the
confession of a penitent sinner, for he knows their courage outweighed their
shame; but a bad king punishes all sin, and thus increases it, for who will
admit their iniquities when it bears a penalty?
[179] The best gift is the one
which daily reminds the receiver of the giver.
[180] Only after a person has
sought after knowledge, wisdom and understanding are they prepared to receive
true love; for without these, they know not the conditions upon which its
foundation rests.
[181] The measure of a man is
found not so much in what he does as in what he refrains from doing.
[182] A jealous man will
belittle his beloved before his competition, hoping they will perceive little
value in her and pass by, so that he may claim her for himself; but his insults
only succeed at winning her contempt.
[183] A scorned woman is like
a tornado; her wake is made of destruction.
[184] Whatever is hurtful to
a spouse is a crime against love.
[185] Fools attempt to
display knowledge to appear wise, because they court and covet praise; but a
wise man recognizes the increase of knowledge but only furthers his awareness
of the boundaries of his own ignorance.
[186] As a man treats others,
so do they tend to treat him; what he gives, he often receives.
[187] Better is a peasant
with love than a king without it.
[188] Wrath is a response to
pain; therefore, the greatness and length of it is in exact relation to the
size of the wound opened.
[189] Cursed are the guilty
who blame the innocent for their own crimes; the man who curses the person he
assailed for bleeding on him is an idiot.
[190] When a people come to
govern themselves, they no longer require a government over them.
[191] He who lacks control over
himself overcompensates for this weakness by trying to control others.
[192] The wicked propose what
is harmful as if helpful to get the people to consent to their evil schemes.
[193] When the wicked deprive
the people of freedom and the latter seek to exercise their liberty in
rebellion, the former respond by adding even more limitations.
[194] No one rightfully
deserves to demand in a spouse that which they do not first have to offer in
return.
[195] When they know they are
favored, the self-abased harm themselves to hurt those who love them.
[196] Point out a proud man’s
wicked ways, and instead of acknowledging and changing them, he will become
hostile, refute them and retaliate.
[197] Disputes go unresolved
because of the ignorance or unwillingness of those involved to hold themselves
accountable for who instigated and who retaliated, then confess their roles in
the disagreement to make peace and reconcile.
[198] Loving each other is
the greatest boon a husband and wife can give their children.
[199] He who courts praise
hates reproof and correction; but he who loves them is praised.
[200] A man who is blind to
his character is a reproach to many.
[201] A wretched servant will
seek to conceal his shortcomings by proclaiming only his virtues.
[202] Serenity comes to him
who prays for and blesses those who persecute him.
[203] Longstanding
deprivation leads to great gratitude for the boons when later bestowed.
[204] The longevity of an
unfulfilled desire not only increases patience to the exact degree, but also
the extent of gratitude for the thing once finally acquired.
[205] A wise man remembers
not the shame of past mistakes after they have led the way to correction.
[206] A leader who has not
first followed is a fraction as influential as he could be; for even in
following a poor leader does he learn what makes a good one.
[207] A peasant’s
acquaintances often envy and despise him when he later shows himself to be a
king; for they secretly thought themselves superior to him, only to discover
they were wrong.
[208] What the wicked are
willing to do to one, they are capable of doing to all.
[209] Those who glorify
fornication and adultery demonstrate they are not much more evolved than the
animal.
[210] A person justifies
their ignorance or unwillingness to change by proclaiming: “I do it; therefore,
it cannot be wrong!” or “I do it not; therefore, it must be wrong!”
[211] A person who thinks on
limitations soon realizes them.
[212] He who argues the
highest issue holds the citadel and guards the keep of truth; but those who
argue it with logic and mere opinion lose their foothold.
[213] A scoffer laughs at the
truth because he is either too stupid or stubborn to understand it, or he
envies the person who discovered it before he did, and he wishes the praise and
honor received belonged to himself.
[214] Critics love to tear
others down because they are too afraid to build themselves up; they are
destined for a lifetime of mediocrity.
[215] A mocker makes sport of
the person from whose lips pour forth words he is too self-righteous or
intolerant to accept.
[216] A woman who fornicates
with a man will later commit adultery against him.
[217] He who gets defensive
in the face of criticism leaves himself at the mercy of his adversaries.
[218] Seduction only works on
vain and conceited people.
[219] As a man grows in the
capacity to evaluate his own character, so he increases his discernment of
those of others.
[220] He who continually
meditates on the motives behind peoples’ behavior increases his understanding,
and therefore his powers of influence.
[221] He who loves
righteousness is ever vigilant in examining himself and his own motives.
[222] The fraud prospers only
so long as the wise man remains silent or absent.
[223] A person’s freedoms end
where others’ rights begin.
[224] Wicked is he who
seduces the wives of others and scoffs and gloats over the cuckolds he has made
as if it were something praiseworthy: for how great is a man who strikes his
brother without cause, and then laughs and mocks him when he cries out in pain?
[225] The wicked praise what
is shameful and abominable as if it were something to be revered.
[226] Only when a man
corrects his faults instead of justifying them to himself can he realize his
full potential.
[227] The wicked take offense
at being called thus, because they are too ignorant or stubborn to see
themselves as they truly are.
[228] A man is wise who
refuses to listen to the criticism of those who envy and hate him, for they
will further not the awareness of himself but only work to deceive him of his
true character and talent.
[229] A good father often
disciplines his son harshly in the beginning to heighten his tolerance for
rebuke, so that later he may be reproved lightly and then be willing to listen
and obey.
[230] A people who make
themselves wise and righteous exalt their nation; but stupidity and wickedness
bring it to ruin.
[231] The man who recognizes
that rebuke and discipline are often required before his development may
commence or continue, learns to love them; for he knows that when he receives
them, he is about to grow in ways he does not yet understand.
[232] A good father
disciplines his son for his son’s benefits, that he may walk in the paths of
righteousness and come to profit; but a bad father does so that he may be
served and satisfy his desire for power over others.
[233] A foolish man who
commits adultery with another’s wife boasts that he is more favored than her
husband; he is consumed with vanity and conceit, and his shame and ruin are not
long before him.
[234] The people are eager to
be righteous when they understand how it profits them; but ignorance produces
wickedness in any people.
[235] He who becomes not
defensive to rebuke quickly increases his self-awareness, and thus his own moral
development.
[236] Blessed is the man who
does a lot with little; but cursed is he who does little with a lot.
[237] A foolish servant seeks
to point out his master’s flaws, so that his own might go unnoticed.
[238] Only the prideful take
offense at their ignorance being revealed; but the humble put themselves in the
way of knowledge, wisdom and understanding.
[239] Not until a man admits
his ignorance can he learn or be taught.
[240] A man can only know
others to the degree to which he knows himself; self-knowledge is the rarest of
jewels.
[241] A fool babbles when
sober like a drunkard when intoxicated.
[242] The envious criticize
what they wish they could produce, hoping to deceive the creator out of his
talent or the value of his creation.
[243] To the envious,
confidence is often mistaken for arrogance; but the prideful boast in their
personages and achievements and call it confidence, and thus bring shame upon
themselves.
[244] A man easily conquered by
a woman is quickly discarded.
[245] A
good mother puts her child’s life above her own, just as a good husband puts
his wife’s above his own.
[246] The
response of the foolish who are rebuked for practicing wickedness is offense
followed by denial, excuse, justification, placing the blame elsewhere, or
retaliation; pride and selfishness makes these things manifest.
[247] The
wicked love to pervert justice and afflict and oppress the poor and needy, for
their hearts take great delight in the suffering of others; they are cruel,
they are merciless, and their destiny is everlasting ruin and destruction.
[248] A woman who seeks to rule over her man sabotages the
true love her heart craves; for it can only be found by submitting to his
authority.
[249] Cursed are those who become hostile at the indignation
of those whom they transgress and offend.
[250] Cruelty and mercilessness beget not obedience, but only
defiance and revolt.
[251] In battle, a real man
is first to make contact with his enemies; but a coward hides behind his men,
trembling in fear while they exhibit the courage he lacks. He considers himself
a leader, yet he is last to follow.
[252] To those who are ignorant to their own characters, the
truth about themselves is often found offensive.
[253] A man’s humility is measured by the speed to which he
can admit his faults and errors; but a proud man thinks he can do no wrong.
[254] The root of rebuke is love; but condemnation, hate.
[255] A lover who is always great soon comes to be known as
mediocre.
[256] Scoffers laugh at that which they themselves are more
guilty of.
[257] After the wicked plunder a man and divide the spoils
amongst themselves, they condemn and punish him for his poverty.
[258] The true lover puts the best interests of their
beloved before their own.
[259] Without humility, a student cannot be taught.
[260] A man who knows himself cares not what the critics
proclaim about him.
[261] Intentions are thoughts completed; dreams are
intentions manifested.
[262] Cursed is the man who retaliates against the
indignation of one whom he has wronged.
[263] A great student is a teacher’s pride and joy.
[264] The wicked delight in inflicting upon righteous men
the very things those men take great pains to prevent or remove.
[265] Injure a wicked man’s pride and he will hold a grudge
for life; but a righteous man will ask himself if he has been in error.
[266] An unfaithful wife turns her husband’s allies into his
enemies; she curses her household.
[267] What a child is repeatedly subjected to are the same
conditions it tends to reproduce in adulthood.
[268] A man is foolish to ask for in a wife that which he is
unwilling to offer her in return.
[269] Loyalty demonstrated amidst temptation begets more
trust.
[270] Hero emulation leads eventually to becoming one’s own
best man; for upon the foundation of others’ wisdom does he build his own.
[271] He who seeks to prove his value demonstrates he lacks
it.
[272] Rehearsed acts of faith eventually manifest in
reality; a child doesn’t walk with its first step.
[273] Thieves spend their spoils foolishly; for that which
is not honestly earned is unappreciated and ill-used.
[274] Personality wins love; but only character keeps it.
[275] A righteous people require no courts and prisons;
officers, lawyers, judges, and guards are made obsolete when people settle
their own disputes.
[276] No wife is happy with a husband she reigns over; but a
husband who seeks to force his wife into submission is greeted with her
contempt.
[277] Spouses are each others’ servants.
[278] The wicked think themselves righteous; but whoever seeks
to undermine another’s pursuit of love and prosperity is an evildoer.
[279] A small man takes offense at the pettiest of slights;
he is mastered by the opinions of others.
[280] The end result of socialism is the dictator.
[281] A man who measures his greatness by how many he can
control is a fool; for a man’s greatness can only be measured by how well he controls
himself.
[282] Youths are eager to learn that which they know will
profit them.
[283] Fornicators and adulterers, and homosexuals and
transgenders make a mockery of love.
[284] Men revere most those who find reciprocated, loyal
love.
[285] The man who is unwilling to do the lowliest of tasks
is unworthy of the highest.
[286] Liars question whether their deceits are known, which
only makes them so.
[287] Oftentimes a man must experience what he does not want
to know that which he does.
[288] A reconciliation after a dispute often strengthens the
bond.
[289] More than all else do the wicked hate their evil being
met by good cheer; but the righteous feel deserved shame.
[290] Today’s church is tomorrow’s government.
[291] A whore offers that which does not belong to her.
[292] Solitude is better than the company of those who yet
do evil; for a man becomes as those he most closely associates with.
[293] A woman who deliberately arouses jealousy in men goes
without love.
[294] A king’s character is reflected in his nobles and
citizens.
[295] Cursed is the man who condemns a fornicating woman when
he himself lies with her, thus contributing to her condition; he is a fool and
a hypocrite.
[296] Rebuke arouses anger in the prideful, but when the
outrage subsides the truth is accepted.
[297] He who takes advantage of a desperate seller or buyer
is a cheat.
[298] The wise watch and listen; but fools either babble
incoherently or remain muted in shame.
[299] A loving father disciplines his children harshly in
the beginning, to raise their tolerance for receiving rebuke, that he may thus later
admonish them lightly and have them be willing to listen and take heart.
[300] A father who loves his daughter is her light until she
weds; he is the moral example of the kind of man he wants her to have in a husband.
[301] Forgiveness received can never be demanding or
threatening, or else it arouses spite and goes ungiven.
[302] A good father never shames twice for the same offense
after the child has learned its lesson; he is kind, loving, and merciful.
[303] Women and children both love most a man who touches, plays
and teases, for these are the great manifestations of love and affection; but jealous,
envious men become resentful and discouraging of such conduct.
[304] Shame and guilt used as devices to win love repel it.
[305] A message reflects the man back of it.
[306] Wisdom astonishes the righteous, but baffles the
wicked.
[307] The man who mimics without understanding the reasons
for his actions is rebuffed.
[308] A man who strikes back is as guilty as him who
attacks; both seek to cause injury.
[309] Wisdom is knowledge directed towards just and
righteous ends.
[310] A man’s greatest fault is his failure to recognize all
his others.
[311] The wise man often collects the envy of those who have
less wisdom than he.
[312] The better a man uses his body, the greater control he
exercises over his unfolding experience.
[313] A true friend looks at his fellows not just as they
are but as they could be.
[314] He who faces no rejection receives not the coveted
reward.
[315] A man often thinks himself good for seeking to help
others who resent his instruction and guidance for want of consent.
[316] A man who examines his own motives soon comes to
recognize those of others.
[317] No wise man is unwilling to be a student.
[318] It is foolish to make a friend of a man who struggles
or refuses to recognize his own faults.
[319] The reason wise men are rejected by some is because
they make known the follies of a multitude of fools.
[320] The greater the adversity a man endures, the greater his
character becomes if he thirsts for righteousness.
[321] The dogmatist makes religion seem boring and
repulsive; the hero, an adventurous battle.
[322] True religion teaches a man how to conquer his sinful
nature which is to his greatest profit.
[323] A man who offends a king before he sits on his throne
is the greatest of fools.
[324] Protest against the injustices of the wicked and they
return punishment.
[325] A father favors most a child whose mother he loves.
[326] A man becomes his best by studying the best.
[327] When a man no longer questions his manhood has he
become one; but a boy forever seeks to present evidence for validation through lusty
conquests and competitive victories.
[328] The righteous use their forces to make peace amongst
their citizens; but the wicked, to wage war against them.
[329] The righteous exalt a nation; but the corrupt bring it
to ruin.
[330] Love is won, and respect is earned.
[331] He is a wretch who laughs and applauds at the
prevalence of wickedness and injustice.
[332] A noble woman never makes a man’s love for her a tool
to fulfill her own selfish desires and ambitions; instead, she uses it to
inspire him into greater altruistic pursuits.
[333] He is a fool who considers himself superior to the
husband of the wife he seduces; for disappointed women resort to causing men to
fight over them, because they lack one man to fight for them.
[334] The wicked return punishment for rendering great
service; they are a corrupt and perverted people.
[335] When a man realizes his own faults it comes with the
epiphany that others have known them long before himself.
[336] The wicked know well that if they can confuse the
genders and encourage promiscuity, they can soon subdue any people; but their
rule comes at the cost of their civilization.
[337] A man who profits from the sale of teaching the practices
of wickedness is himself accountable for his followers’ sins.
[338] Poise is the indifference to both praise and
condemnation.
[339] A prideful woman hates the honorable man who refuses
her charm.
[340] A good spouse gives their mate no reason to fear
competition.
[341] The man who better vocalizes holds the frame; everyone
else instinctively looks to him as either the leader, or a threat conjured by
their own conceit.
[342] Better is reluctant obedience than none at all.
[343] It’s most pleasing to see a lover pleased.
[344] The snitchexposes the evils of others in hopes that
his own might remain concealed.
[345] Men retaliate immediately; but women postpone.
[346] Until a man is ready to die, he is ready for nothing.
[347] A fool seeks to change the world, but never himself.
[348] What the critic condemns, the world praises.
[349] A powerful man tolerates others faults without being
influenced by them.
[350] Failure can’t cope with persistence.
[351] As a man speaks of others behind their backs, so will
he of you behind yours.
[352] The wise man listens to his critics, lest they reveal
a fault that yet requires his correction.
[353] A fool who meets an argument he can't rebuff resorts
to name-calling and insults.
[354] The envious are quick to criticize and condemn those
who excel them.
[355] A fool judges people by what their enemies claim about
them.
[356] The humble admit their errors rapidly; but the proud
deny, excuse or justify them.
[357] The world reflects a man's attitude back at him.
[358] The man who remains unphased by false accusations
comes to disprove them.
[359] A good friend sells his associates on their confidence
in themselves, because he, himself, has such confidence.
[360] It is foolish to invest in combating a problem when it
can be eradicated with the same time and effort.
[361] The most impossible obstacles vanish to him who can
solicit cooperation.
[362] What a man doesn’t earn he seldom cherishes.
[363] The wise man recognizes that every offense against him
has back of it a negative attitude that is working a continual hardship in the
offender's life; this makes him forgiving and compassionate.
[364] An incompetent king compensates for his peoples’
problems; but a wise king remedies them at their cause.
[365] To meet complaints with unrequested council earns for
the advisor a fortune of hidden contempt.
[366] A man’s worth is measured by the height of the
benefits he bestows upon his fellows.
[367] A judge’s sentence should be decided upon by the
victim of the offense, and a pardon only permissible with their consent.
[368] A people come to mimic their king's character.
[369] A democracy is always mediocre; but a monarchy is
either heaven or hell.
[370] A government that teaches its youth the secrets to
success with people and money exalts a nation.
[371] A political office should only be held by those who
are directly paid no monetary compensation for the responsibility.
[372] Democracy is expensive and it divides and impoverishes
a nation.
[373] Compassion comes with the recognition that people who
are ignorant to the penalties of their follies harm themselves.
[374] A nation is united when the only agenda in its
politics is its citizens happiness and contentment.
[375] Students are eager to learn that which they recognize
will profit them.
[376] A politician should be paid what the people think he’s
worth in relation to the degree of his service in uplifting their community and
nation.
[377] A man’s right to pursue happiness and contentment should
be protected from his conception till his last heartbeat.
[378] A king who spends his subjects money contrary to their
best interests is despised and greeted with contempt.
[379] An unfair king takes from the producer’s rewards and
gives it to the indolent.
[380] A noble man wants for others what he desires for himself:
love, prosperity and liberty.
[381] A wise king aligns his laws to mirror morality.
[382] Forced morality is itself immoral.
[383] The king who shows his subjects how moral conduct
benefits them uplifts his people.
[384] A wise man is continually reminded of the scope of his
ignorance; but a fool thinks he has all the answers in spite of his lack of
evidence.
[385] The man who enters into a debate with the aim of
winning is sure to lose.
[386] Even a wise man is the first to admit he is more
foolish than wise.
[387] What a man’s heart craves does his body attract.
[388] Every woman’s craving is that a great man or woman will
come from her womb!
[389] Superstition is but a symptom of the fear of illness
and death.
[390] The king with the slippery tongue caters to the
selfish demands of the people; but the moral king renounces the immediate
benefits of such action at the expense of their long-term consequences.
[391] The great man treats an idiot with the same dignity as
he would a genius.
[392] The wise man never scoffs at peoples’ ignorance;
instead, he feels pity.
[393] A great government inspires the people to depend upon
themselves; but an incompetent one encourages its citizens to depend upon its
assistance.
[394] A noble man also recognizes his enemies’ virtues.
[395] A wise man prefers criticism to praise, for it puts
him in the way of learning how to establish more harmonious relations and
better render his services.
[396] A confident man refuses to entertain doubt, from
others and most importantly, himself.
[397] Even with an inept government, there is no anarchy; we
should find ourselves grateful, yet be prepared to make change.
[398] The man who solves his own problem, discovers he has found
the solution to many a man’s problem, and shares his value with the world; he
is sure to become highly regarded and prosperous.
[399] The man who identifies his virtue, determines how he
can turn it into a service to benefit his fellow man, uses his imagination to
come up with a plan for its realization, and puts that plan into action with
persistence; he is soon remembered and revered in the history books.
[400] Our best teachers are those who show us what most not
to do.
[401] A competent government keeps itself small and finances
itself.
[402] The man who refuses to get offended and holds no
grudges soon makes his personality a tool of vast influence.
[403] A man without a central aim in life deprives himself
of much joy.
[404] The man who daydreams with a purpose trains his mind
to experience what he imagines, causing his image to give birth in reality.
[405] An intelligent and wise woman chooses a husband she
wants to submit to; but a foolish woman chooses one she can rule over.
[406] A wise man subjugates his emotion to his reason.
[407] The man who loves people is never lonely.
[408] He who truly prospers first decides upon how he can
best benefit his fellow man.
[409] A man’s greatest foe are the ugly thoughts harbored in
his own mind.
[410] A government’s chief purpose should be to teach its
citizens how to govern themselves.
[411] A moral anarchy is the highest form of social order.
[412] A man does not truly love those he tries to control.
[413] Wisdom leads to happiness; foolishness to misery.
[414] A foolish political candidate besmirches his opponent
instead of proclaiming his own virtues and merits.
[415] A righteous king comes to produce happiness in his
subjects; but a wicked king induces their misery.
[416] The man who admits his mistakes is shown mercy; but
the one who defends them is condemned.
[417] Yesterday’s paupers make for tomorrow’s kings.
[418] A great man loves his neighbors often more than they
do themselves.
[419] Resentment and grudges manifest as bodily ills.
[420] The slanderer eventually only succeeds at ruining his
own reputation.
[421] The man who gives respect receives it.
[422] The great man treats a pauper with the same respect as
he does a king.
[423] Integrity is the unification of thought, word and
deed.
[424] Harmony is only established when a record of wrongs is
not kept, and those involved desire to cease their transgressions.
[425] Peace of mind is only attained when we immediately
forgive every annoyance or injury and hold bitterness towards no one, but
rather have good will towards all.
[426] Foolishness is engaging in thoughts, words and deeds
that result in unhappiness and misery.
[427] To bless a man is to desire for him what we do for
ourselves; it's to sincerely wish him love, prosperity and liberty.
[428] The man who breathes shallow hinders himself in his
relations and affairs.
[429] A government that provides a service to the people so
that it can finance itself from the profits will be highly regarded and
esteemed.
[430] To win love a man must but be loving.
[431] A wise man judges his fellows not by what others claim
about them, but according to his own analysis.
[432] A wise man never insults another’s intelligence or
manhood.
[433] The man who desires power over others overcompensates
for lacking it over himself.
[434] A fool ridicules those he is too stupid to understand.
[435] The persistent pursuit of pleasure sabotages happiness
and peace of mind.
[436] Egotism results from feelings of inadequacy and
incompetence.
[437] The proud man rages against the protests of those he bullies.
[438] A wise man refuses to copulate with any woman he could
not see being the mother of his child.
[439] Wisdom is knowing the right thing to think, say and
do.
[440] There is a vast difference between inspiring another and
reforming them.
[441] The best way to make a terrible impression is to try
to make a great one.
[442] Rejection prompts the wise man to seek out where he
went wrong so he can correct himself.
[443] The fool blindly reveres rich and famous men; but the
wise only recognize men of virtue and fortitude.
[444] The proud man covets praise and applause for his
preachments and instruction; but the humble delights in witnessing others
overcome their ignorance and folly.
[445] A proud man resents being reprimanded for his ill
treatment of others; but a humble man acknowledges his conduct requires reform.
[446] The man who is critical of others and continually
finds fault with them repels love and friendship.
[447] The man who lacks self-control blames others for their
negative reaction to his conduct.
[448] The naysayer is ignorant to the power of a strong
resolve.
[449] The greatest decision a man can make is to liberate
himself from his unconscious choices.
[450] The confident man cares not how others misjudge his
character; for he recognizes their capacity for analysis is unsound.
[451] A man is only as happy as his ability to express it.
[452] The great king substitutes requests for orders.
[443] A grateful man honors those who show him the error of
his ways.
[454] The proud man preaches his doctrine and offers his
instruction without invitation, and then gets offended when it is rejected.
[455] What separates a philosopher from a layman is his
ability to investigate the facts and reach justified conclusions.
[456] He who grows in wisdom remains ever open to the
possibility that his beliefs could be fallacious.
[457] A man can’t correct a fault he hasn't first
acknowledged to himself.
[458] The man who becomes enlightened remains calm and
poised, even when he falls victim to the worst of injustices.
[459] A man who develops sound judgment and the capacity for
truthful discernment becomes great.
[460] What a man complains about in others he fosters in
himself.
[461] A nation’s laws reflect the collective consciousness
of its people; change them, and so do its statutes.
[462] The qualities a man admires in another are exactly
those that he is capable of in even greater abundance.
[463] The man who’s as interested in the lives of his fellow
man as much as he is in his own wins love in excess.
[464] The crux of pride is that it incites us to deny the
ills we should be recognizing within ourselves; for we can't correct that which
we refuse to acknowledge.
[465] The greatest feat a man can accomplish is to
immediately agree with those who accurately point out his faults.
[466] The man who quickly admits his faults corrects them
with the same thrift.
[467] The envious man despises the happy and joyous more
than he does the rich and influential.
[468] The man who understands that it is in man’s nature to
be prideful commends before he rebukes.
[469] The man who has a purpose in life utilizes every
experience to furnish himself with the knowledge and resources that will aid
him in realizing it.
[470] The punctual man is so because he has a deep respect
for others’ time.
[471] A woman who wants her man to succeed in his pursuits
even more than he does makes for the greatest of wives.
[472] The man who grows in discernment observes his
instinctive reactions to the conduct of others upon himself, and then refrains
from enacting toward others that which he has determined elicits unharmonious
responses.
[473] The man who seeks to make all his relations harmonious
soon puts his affairs in order.
[474] The truly great man treats all as his equal,
regardless of their endowments, talents, or achievements in relation to that of
his own.
[475] The earnest and grateful student will find no shortage
of worthy teachers.
[476] The man who genuinely seeks to understand his fellow
man does the world its greatest service.
[477] A man’s relations can only be as strong as his
character.
[478] The man who desires for his enemies that which he does
for himself puts himself in touch with powers unknown to those who don’t, and
even unto himself.
[479] Any religion that teaches its adherent not to hate
those who disagree with him is one that most accurately represents God.
[480] Blessed is the man who chooses friends he admires; for
he learns much of their wisdom as a result.
[481] The man who continually questions whether or not all
his motives are worthy soon irons out his every fault.
[482] Blessed is the man who seeks to make himself aware of
his faults for the purpose of correcting them.
[483] The wisest man recognizes the knowledge and wisdom in
everyone he meets.
[484] The man who sincerely wants others to succeed soon becomes
a great success himself.
[485] A great man has the courage, humility and persistence
to acknowledge his faults and correct them, for the good of himself and all he
encounters.
[486] Every man should seek to make himself an asset to his
country.
[497] It’s not how a man starts that counts; it's how he
finishes.
[498] A wise man judges others by their character, not their
differing beliefs.
[499] A man tends to treat others the way he treats himself.
[500] Worry is the result of a lack of faith in God.
[501] Wise men desire to listen more than they speak.
[502] Doubt is the act of using the imagination to envision
outcomes as being unsuccessful efforts.
[503] People who are slaves to their sin, even though this
causes them to offend or injure us, should be pitied rather than reviled and
chastised, for they bring much strife into their own lives.
[504] The best followers eventually make for the greatest
leaders.
[505] He who gushes when praised will rage when criticized.
[506] Time is best invested in emulating those who most
people envy.
[507] He who criticizes others liberally is most hurt when
subjected to even the slightest bit of it.
[508] It is often not till we’ve lived our destiny that we
understand the reasons for our trials.
[509] A man attracts that which he is and repels that which
he isn’t.
[510] A man’s capacity to accurately judge his fellow man’s moral
character is commensurate with the development of his own.
[511] Invention is but the detection of the causes and
effects of nature’s laws that may be utilized in the endeavors of practical
use.
[512] A man is as enlightened as his ability to refrain from
interfering with his breathing.
[513] The fool believes he’s entitled to respect; the wise
recognizes he must earn it.
[514] A country only requires laws because its people fail
to pursue and practice morality.
[515] The chief aim of government should be to make itself
obsolete.
[516] As we do unto others, we do unto ourselves.
[517] The great king is not concerned with his own glory; he
is only interested in satisfying the best interests of his citizens.
[518] The difference between righteousness and
self-righteousness is that the former conforms their doctrines to nature; the
latter to delusions.
[519] A strong man puts his convictions before his
reputation, in upholding the strength and fortitude of his people.
[520] All political positions should be on a volunteer
basis.
[521] What we applaud or condemn in others, that they seek
to emulate in the future.
[522] Knowledge and wisdom offends those too proud to admit
their ignorance and folly.
[523] As a country is, so are its people.
[524] Money is nothing but a reward for service rendered.
[525] A wise man judges his neighbor not by how he did live,
but by how he now lives.
[526] As a man treats another, so is he capable of treating
you.
[527] The man who understands and overlooks peoples’ faults
and shortcomings where they do him no real harm is loved by many.
[528] Strength of love is in proportion to peoples’ absence
of desire to control each other.
[529] The jealous, envious man seeks to sleep with the love
of the one he perceives to be better than him; his vanity reveals how
inadequate he feels about himself.
[530] A good father never disciplines a child when he is
angry.
[531] The purpose of the true religion is to make leaders,
not followers.
[532] The greatest kings are those who desire no power and
authority over anyone but themselves.
[533] Cowards sabotage worthy works because they envy what
they are incapable of producing themselves.
[534] The man who has mastered himself takes no offense to
accusations of foolishness.
[535] The man who expresses ill will when he forfeits
cooperation soon is shunned.
[536] A prayer for wisdom is a petition for endless
adversity and discouragement; for wits come forth from struggle.
[537] When a woman believes in her man and his abilities
without doubt, it furnishes him with a superpower for achievement.
[538] The path to wisdom is wrought with endless adversity,
defeat and disappointment.
[539] An attack on a person’s religion is to induce them to
reject an alliance whereby their cooperation would have otherwise been won.
[540] Revenge is an act that springs from a loss of
self-control.
[541] A man’s worth is measured by how many he helps.
[542] There is no greater trigger for envy in others than to
have lofty aims.
[543] A man must be a victim of himself before he can make
one of another.
[544] A king’s character is reflected in his nobles’ and subjects’
conduct.
[545] Opinions can’t cope with facts.
[546] The best a man can do for his religion is not to
impose it on those who disagree with him.
[547] Some men mistake confidence for arrogance.
[548] The penalty of standing by our convictions is that we
will forfeit the cooperation of those who disagree with or oppose our doctrines
and precepts.
[549] When it’s one man against the world, if he has faith,
he will prevail, by and by.
[550] The hypocrite preaches forgiveness, but then shuns or
persecutes wayward men.
[551] The scoffer gloats over the man who suffers defeats
because he lacks the ambition that man has.
[552] The injustice a government inflicts on one citizen is
what it’s capable of to all.
[553] A master is in his slaves’ debt; he would be nothing
had he not stolen from them.
[554] Service rendered is the only currency of life; but
disservice demands recompense.
[555] The woman whose husband always abides by her whims
never knows true romance.
[556] Treason is backing down from the personal conviction
in what is righteous.
[557] Lost love makes gods of mortal men.
[558] Talent takes a moment to execute, but a lifetime to
develop.
[559] The wise man refrains from refuting the beliefs of
those they deem to be erroneous.
[560] It is foolish to blame God for the injustices men
commit against us.
[561] Degenerates are deluded into thinking their doctrines
are progressive.
[562] Corrupt kings kill their conscience so they can
justify their evil schemes.
[563] Promiscuity is a vain search for love the lusty
doesn't yet deserve.
[564] The deceitful man first deceives himself.
[565] Those who tolerate injustice are next of kin to the
oppressor.
[566] Relentless repeated disappointments and heartaches make
a man exceedingly strong.
[567] Failures delight in the defeats of the bold because
they are envious.
[568] The root of all evil is a lack of desire to become self-aware.
[569] The epitome of immorality is to make another feel that
which we would not appreciate feeling.
[570] To revile enemies or kick against circumstance is to
suffer a loss of manhood.
[571] The wicked think what is wicked is righteous; they
also think the righteous are wicked.
[572] Man’s greatest affliction is that he prefers to rage
against his faults being made known to him rather than using those revelations
to accept and correct them.
[573] True liberty is found in controlling our sinful
nature.
[574] The honest religionist seeks to turn his beliefs into
truths founded on facts.
[575] Motivating offenders to later take the initiative to
confess their crimes and make things right with their victims is the first step
to erecting a moral society.
[576] The righteous contribute to the people what the wicked
try to take from them.
[577] Wisdom mourns the youth of latter days; youth, it
yearns for wisdom.
[578] To wish even an enemy ill will and misfortune is to
turn our backs on and spite God, who created them with as much love as he did
us.
[579] The prudent man exercises miraculous powers of
discernment in distinguishing the truth from its enemies: myths, lies and
superstitions; this makes his counsel sound and valuable in instructing others.
[580] Only the man who is grateful with a little deserves
much.
[581] When a people crave knowledge and wisdom, their evil
kings are soon replaced by righteous ones, and when every citizen becomes
righteous under their instruction and guidance, nations no longer have a need
for kings.
[582] A fool seeks to discredit the man he envies.
[583] A man cannot be cheated; for every loss there is a
gain, which is often in the form of wisdom he and others may profit from.
[584] Blessed is the man who sets a high moral standard for
his conduct; the day comes when he lives up to it.
[585] The boy who learns to remain untriggered by criticism
and rejection becomes a man.
[586] The man who is ignorant to his own motives curses his
relations and affairs.
[587] To bless a man is to simply wish for him all the
benefits we want for ourselves.
[588] To receive criticism without feeling resentment and
the urge to defend ourselves is to be a man.
[589] The pinnacle of masculinity is wisdom; of femininity,
loving-kindness
[590] To harbor no ill will or ill fortune against those who
have wronged you produces the state of mind God is eager to commune with.
[591] A moral society seeks to reform its criminals and
transform them into useful citizens who want to repay their debt, instead of
locking them up and punishing them for their past faults and mistakes.
[592] The foolish and ignorant justify their own crimes by
using those who have wronged them as their scapegoat; but retaliation makes a
man just as guilty as those who instigate.
[593] The arrogant man denies, excuses or justifies his
crimes; but the humble man admits them and seeks to make recompense.
[594] A man without a dream that will come to benefit many
may as well be dead.
[595] Death is only the beginning for the righteous; but the
end for the wicked.
[596] Treason is offending God by not intervening when evil
is being done.
[597] To seek to confuse the sexes is to blaspheme God!
[598] Those who deny they have a sinful nature remain slaves
it.
[599] The righteous take no offense to slights and insults,
but forgive the iniquities of their brothers and sisters against them; but the
wicked hold grudges and seek revenge, and to retaliate to up the score.
[600] A man who rages when his doctrine is questioned is
full of folly.
[601] A wise man determines what he wishes his ideal
lifestyle to be, then he thinks upon how he can best serve his fellow man to
the degree necessary that will entitle him to the monetary compensation that
will support it.
[602] The man who refuses to forgive others their sins
against him will not be forgiven his own sins against others.
[603] Men infected by their superstitions are stiff-necked
in their stubbornness to recognize and accept the truth.
[604] Celibacy ignites the genius in any man.
[605] Philosophers remold societies to conform to the
visions of their imaginations.
[606] What is self-evident to the knowledgeable man is
enlightenment to the ignorant.
[607] The first step to knowledge is to admit and accept our
ignorance.
[608] A jealous person delights in seeing love go unfulfilled
in others, and sometimes works to make it happen.
[609] A real man speaks the truth regardless of how it
benefits or harms him.
[610] The world reflects a man’s character back at him.
[611] God speaks to those who omit every grudge against
others from their hearts and minds.
[612] The wicked are quick to seek to silence a man who
rebukes evil and speaks the truth.
[613] A prophet is revered by everyone but those who think they
know him.
[614] The man who knows recognizes those who don’t.
[615] To learn to love and forgive even those who seek
endless injury against you is a preparation to see God.
[616] The wicked love to hide their evil in plain sight.
[617] The strong man is the one who can take the most abuse
from life and not crumble underneath it completely.
[618] Weak men think it makes them feel superior if they can
persecute the ones they envy.
[619] A concubine who expands a great king’s lineage is
blessed!
[620] To understand God is to transcend the use of logic and
reason.
[621] Celebrity fornication is an exchange of the lust for
sex for the conceit of bragging rights.
[622] Much better than being desired by many is the love of the
soulmate.
[623] The man who knows has no need for beliefs.
[624] The great personality takes an interest in the
important relations in the life of the people he converses with.
[625] It is a wicked thing to rejoice at another man’s
calamity; but the ways of justice is a mystery.
[626] The man who wishes unhappiness for others creates it
in himself.
[627] The man who only sees the nobility in his fellow man
is himself noble.
[628] Adversity is required to shape character and bring
wisdom.
[629] It is the weak man who thinks exercising control over
others is what makes him strong.
[630] A woman who fornicates with one man to spite and
arouse jealousy in another is a wretch.
[631] A wise man always rejects any woman who seeks to
seduce him; if a lady’s interested, she waits for him to pursue and court her,
while she simply signals to him her receptiveness.
[632] If torn between the loyalty of a friend and a love
interest, and if in conflict, a man will almost always choose the latter.
[633] The greater the trial and tribulation, the greater the
lessons that then lead to greater soul evolution.
[634] As a man serves others, so do they come to serve him.
[635] To think on virtue leads to becoming virtuous.
[636] The tyrant seeks to induce cooperation by threat of
punishment, which only guarantees resistance against him.
[637] The difference between criticism and rebuke is the
former tears down while the latter is an invitation for repentance and
correction.
[638] The false teacher rages when his fallacious doctrines
are exposed and seeks revenge against the one he thinks brought him to shame
and ruin, when it was only himself.
[639] Blessed is the woman who weds a husband she wants to
submit to; such as these are the only ones who find harmony and happiness in
marriage, free from conflict and misery.
[640] The man who runs his household like a dictator wins
his wife and children’s contempt.
[641] The man who understands morality makes himself a
perfect judge of character.
[642] Wisdom is nothing but the application of knowledge
directed toward constructive and beneficial ends.
[643] The man who is afraid to get it wrong never gets it
right.
[644] A wise man refrains from speaking behind another’s
back that which he wouldn’t have the courage to say to their face.
[645] The greatest pleasure is to see a spouse pleased.
[646] The man who doesn’t get triggered by another’s wrath
or violence is in control of the situation.
[647] The wicked relish in keeping the people ignorant; but
the righteous delight in removing it.
[648] When a king changes his doctrine, his nobles and
subjects adopt it too.
[649] As a man treats his neighbor, so does he treat God.
[650] Every man’s deepest fantasy is that he marries a wife
who acts like a dirty whore with him, and no one else.
[651] Excellence wins the praise of the masses; but the hate
of the envious few.
[652] A man completes his character when he ceases to get
angry when others offend or wrong him.
[653] Cowards sodomize those they envy most, because they
foolishly think it demonstrates their superiority; their punishment is coming.
[654] The man who cares about being the alpha male is not.
[655] The man who studies the best becomes his best.
[656] The muscles a man contracts when he speaks are the
same that tend to tense in the listener; and those in them released when the
speaker’s voice is free.
[657] A wicked king only acts righteous when it wins him the
praise and approval of the masses, for he is motivated by selfishness; but when
he no longer receives such blessings, his true evil is revealed with great
wrath and vengeance against them.
[657] A righteous king is so even if it wins him the
contempt of the world.
[658] A man and woman demonstrate and pledge their capacity
for trustworthiness to one another by waiting till their wedding bed.
[659] The heightened measure of the mark and impact a man
leaves upon the world is in direct proportion to the love he feels for a woman;
if fornicators and adulterers were enlightened in such a manner as this, they would
realize through their follies they are killing off their capacity to experience
this, the greatest of all blessings under heaven, and, in relation to the
extent of their wisdom, immediately change their path toward committing to
abstinence until they marry a loyal woman, so that their high tolerance for
lust reverts back to normal, increasing once again their capacity to love and
bond with a single woman.
[660] True friendship is only ever possible when both
friends have dreams, both believe in each others’, and one is as happy for the
other realizing theirs in the same way they would be had their own been manifested.
[661] A domineering mother develops a stutter in her child.
[662] Altruism is learning from our suffering, and using the
wisdom gained from that pain to prevent others from sharing in it.
[663] Man’s deepest desire is to appear great in the eyes of
the woman he loves; therefore, a wise woman uses this power she exercises over
him to the benefit of the multitudes.
[664] A child conceived and born in wedlock is greatly
blessed.
[665] An unforgiving father makes liars of his children, for
they come to fear the arousal of his temper at their confessions of honest or
stupid mistakes.
[666] The fool who lacks control over himself seeks it over
others.
[667] The great virtue of patience is cultivated in a man in
direct relation to the persecution inflicted upon him; but his enemies remain
ignorant to the service they render him by forcing him to build strength of
character, a blessing they will never know themselves.
[668] The greatest bestowment of forgiveness fosters the
greatest of allegiances; a rapist with remorse earns for himself the same
blessings his crimes wrought for himself against others, if he be but penitent
and suffer the consequences as repayment, which is excruciating physical
torment: then it is all forgotten, forever.
[669] Men who become resentful when their errors and
mistakes are made known and pridefully and indignantly justify their position, make
for false friends.
[670] The great man’s powers of influence came from the
imagination of God.
[671] Until a man has first learnt to sing well controlled
and quietly, he has not yet earned the right to sing aloud and publicly.
[672] A man’s capacity to inhibit his sins is the direct
measure by which harmony will abide in his every relation, and the height of
the love his kinship will have for him.
[673] The greatest sin of any society is that it honors its
ignorant, and despises its wise.
[674] The greatness of a civilization is in relation to the
height to which it esteems its women’s counsel.
[675] A great love is born when a woman comes to love a man
more than she does her father, and her man comes to love her more than he does his
mother.
[676] Peace is impossible so long as even one man is
oppressed; but the righteous fight for the liberty of the enslaved.
[677] A man who makes a prayer answered and is aware of it
still answers it through divine guidance in through their introduction and
cooperation.
[678] A loving daughter perceives her father’s disapproval
as a gentle reprimand to correct her ways, and lo! She does!
[679] Knowing scoundrels love to steal great ideas and
profit from them themselves, the wise man creates plans that if stolen and
replicated would do the world a great service in spite of the thefts; he puts
God in his debt, whom shall repay with compound interest.
[680] A great husband induces his wife’s mind to be
submissive to his will without giving commands or otherwise being domineering.
[681] The man who ogles a woman imagines fornicating with
her as he looks; but the man admiring beauty makes no such images.
[682] A foolish woman’s measure of success with love is by
how many suitors she can make jealous; but a wise woman knows it’s to commit to
one man she knows will never betray or forsake her.
[683] Cursed is the man who blames and shames the victim.
[684] A feminist can never find true love because her
doctrines and precepts are the very obstacles that prevent its habitation.
[685] The extent of the rage is often commensurate with the
size of the wound opened.
[686] The perfect marriage is wrought out when both husband
and wife admit and confess their transgressions against one another and both
forgive each other when trespassed against, and seek to refrain from repeating
those offenses.
[687] The wise woman seeks to trigger positive emotions in
one man; the foolish woman, negative emotions in a multitude.
[688] A man only becomes a man when he ceases to act like a
victim, even when he is one; instead, he cries the pain into exile.
[689] When equality defies identity, problems arise.
[690] A wise wife doesn’t meddle in her husband’s ways and
affairs; but a wise husband requests her counsel concerning them.
[691] A great wife inspires her husband to want to correct
his faults and she also brings out his hidden talents.
[692] A suitor’s role is to have a dream in life he’s
pursuing; a damsel’s role is to find a man who’s dream she believes in and
resonates with, and wants to work with him in realizing.
[693] A wise critic praises merits before he points out
shortcomings.
[694] More important than what a man does is that which he doesn’t.
[695] The greatest battle a man can win is to conquer his
desire to curse and revile and damn those who torment and persecute him.
[696] A wonderful father invests himself in being a champion
for his children’s dreams; but a wretched father is ignorant to what they even
are.
[697] Gratitude blesses the giver.
[698] A man who threatens when enraged is seldom sincere; he
just feels powerless over the situation.
[699] A wise man abstains until he’s married, and he finds a
wise woman who does the same, and then they never stray.
[700] Bragging is a desperate and repulsive plea for praise
and approval that goes unbidden except by the recipients of ignorance and
foolishness.
[701] Remorse wins forgiveness.
[702] The epitome of cowardice is the man who betrays his
own mate to sleep with another’s.
[703] A real man always takes responsibility for the faults
of his woman; if she goes wrong, he considers it his fault for failing her.
[704] A wise man never sleeps with a woman he doesn’t first
love, and if he loves her, why doesn’t he marry her first?
[705] A mistake is only a badge of shame when it fails to
set a man right.
[706] Accursed is the man who is accused of something he is
guilty of but refuses to acknowledge it.
[707] A feminine loyal wife must be wooed and won!
[708] Convincing a kind, wise and loyal woman to marry him
where he offers her the same blessings in return brings out the very best in a
man.
[709] An envious teacher comes to resent a pupil who later excels
him.
[710] The man who makes something of himself is often hated
by those who didn’t.
[711] The secret to a man’s heart is found in listening to
his dreams, believing in them, and encouraging and aiding him in their realization;
such a woman will not go without his love and favor.
[712] The desire for control over others decimates the
foundation upon which their love would have otherwise been won.
[713] A man cannot believe in others until he first believes
in himself.
[714] A man’s true allies are those who give him their ear
without ignoring him or making excuses not to hear him, and then without
gaslighting him.
[715] Trying to fathom God is like trying to comprehend
infinity; if one hurts and baffles the brain, so must the other.
[716] It is the woman who doesn’t encourage her man to
realize his dreams and help him with it, who, when he becomes a disappointment
to her, is the one at fault.
[717] A great king’s power comes through the cooperative
efforts of his loyal subjects; but a hellbound king is damned by forcing the same
subjects allegiance through threat of punishment for their disobedience.
[718] A wise wife believes in her husband’s talents and
encourages him in realizing his dreams, without doubt; through her guiding,
feminine influence, the journey through adversity into final victory together
is lived; these events provide her with the romance her heart has craved since
she was a little girl with innocent fantasies.
[719] People just want someone to believe in them and see the
good they can accomplish in the world; the wise person believes in people.
[720] Sometimes all a wayward man needs is a little sincere
encouragement to put him right.
[721] The adversaries to conquering ourselves are our
denials, excuses, justifications or blaming something outside ourselves for
deflecting our own wrongdoings against others and making them victims; peace
and harmony abides not under this practice!
[722] Cowardice is assailing another outside their awareness;
cursed is any man who practices such shameful wretchedness!
[723] The wicked punish all protests against their
injustices; but the righteous listen to complaints with open, understanding
ears.
[724] Men make the world go round, but women make men go
round; men rule the world and women rule men.
[725] Cowards sabotage happiness; but heroes overcome their
vain afflictions.
[726] A very beautiful woman is corrupted by slaves to their
lusts doing favors for her, hoping she fornicates with them; both are cursed.
[727] A man who uses women’s love and favor to validate his
manhood is a fraud; a real man needs no woman’s approval to know he is such.
[728] When the fool corrects himself he becomes wise.
[729] Blessed is the wife who selects a husband whose
talents she can bring out.
[730] A man best changes the world when he pursues the
development of his own moral character; wise witnesses observe the rewards he
earns as a result, desire them for themselves, and come to follow his example,
lending to a compounded multitude of revolutionaries.
[731] A wise suitor observes how a damsel treats those who
serve her; because as she does, so will she one day treat him, to his glory or
chagrin.
[732] A wise suitor looks not at how a damsel treats
himself, but everybody else.
[733] After we become familiar with someone’s personality
and character, their appearance begins to reflect it; sometimes the beautiful
become ugly, and the ugly become beautiful, in our mind’s perception at the
sight of and anticipation of encountering them again.
[734] A beautiful fornicating woman is like a diamond inside
a turd; what man really wants the stench?
[735] What a man thinks of us in any moment is heavily
biased by his last experience with us.
[736] The man who has arrived at the firm decision that he
will no longer wish ill-will against anyone, for any reason whatsoever, even
should he endure severe persecution and injustice and his enemies righteously
deserve recompense for it, has succeeded in completely mastering himself; he is
an immortal amongst mortals, or so he shall be for a thousand years!
[737] Righteous kings offer the choice of obedience, and
hear petitions in opposition; but wicked kings demand it through force and
threat of penalty or punishment.
[738] When a damsel tells a suitor a story from her life or
makes an observation and he asks himself how it made her feel, he has had an
epiphany in making his marriage a happy, successful one.
[739] A man’s humility is measured by the speed to which he
can admit his faults and mistakes without defending them; his courage, by his
desire to correct them; and his persistence, by his refusal to quit the task
until completed.
[740] It is impossible for an immoral person to find true
love.
[741] The wisest husband is the one who marries a wife who
is wiser than he is; but still, she wants to submit to his leadership.
[742] When a man most craves knowledge and wisdom and grows
in it, those who love the power others’ ignorance gives them for their selfish
gain persecute him for enlightening their slaves.
[743] The subjects of a nation who find true love are immune
to tyrannical governing bodies enslaving them; but a hysteria of fornication
and adultery make them easy prey.
[744] There is always hope for the man who regrets and feels
remorse for his wrongs against his brothers and sisters; but evildoers who deny
any error and persist in their wickedness are truly damned.
[745] Hell is when truth and justice are hidden and deprived
of from the masses.
[746] All traitors are eventually reduced to ridicule and
hopefully remorse.
[747] Salvation belongs to the man who recognizes he has
been wrong, regrets his errors, and seeks to put them right until recompense
has been completed.
[748] The two enemies of life are wishing for those who hurt
us ill will and ill fortune; but as we wish for others, so do we bring upon
ourselves.
[749] All sin impulses that enter the consciousness pull the
head down and back.
[750] The man who doesn’t care where he ranks ends up at the
top.
[751] A husband makes the decisions; a wife counsels him in
them.
[752] A man who truly loves a woman will want to see her
live her dreams, even if it’s not with him.
[753] The storytelling experts are misguided in their
efforts to expose the truth of life; the greatest stories take it a step
further than two-fold: a hero who has those who start off his ally, become his
enemy, then become an ally again, and win redemption; and then there are those
who are his enemy, become his friend, then return to opposing him. In truth,
the more frequent the indecision, the more an entity doubts himself and his
abilities to win the battle; entities don’t occisslate when they’re sure of
themselves. But confidence, though it mourns and cries, never deviates.
[754] Refraining from food, drink and sex as much as he can
puts a prophet most closely in accord with the will of God; but what does the
prophet value more: his own personal dreams being realized, or him advancing
the betterment of mankind, which is the will of Him who offers approval and
affirmation?
[755] A man doubts he’s a man until his father first confirms
it; but what if the father never had that initiation happen to himself and is
ignorant to that which he is ignorant to and his duty to confer upon his own son?
[756] Righteousness wins rewards and wickedness wins penalties;
so what if the masses mistake one for the other for a relatively short time in
history, but then recognize the truth lasts forever and ever, and then the
kindhearted people are rewarded beyond measure and the arrogant, controlling and
greedy people are punished exponentially accordingly!
[757] God punishes most two sins, and all who have partaken
in them will yet suffer the recompense for them: to betray a lover, and to betray
a friend; to betray a loved one’s trust, faith and confidence in you is to
commit the ways of Satan, which is rebellion against God’s plan for humanity’s eternal
happiness and contentment.
[758] For a man to desire to hurt his enemies and to do it
are very different things; but the man who refrains in thought and act has many
blessings coming for an eternity; and his enemies, many persecutions.
[759] The punctual man earns goodwill everywhere he goes; no
one likes their time stolen from them.
[760] A king only becomes great when he stops demanding
cooperation and starts asking for and winning it.
[761] The man who truly loves a woman will rejoice when she
lives her dreams, even if he isn’t a part of them.
[762] To be a man is to perfect strength and correct
weakness.
[763] Losing the true love is what makes the poet great.
[764] A wicked king who deprives his subjects of their just
reward wins his peoples wrath and revolt; the recognition of unfairness is
woven into man’s instincts, and he is disgusted when he witnesses it.
[765] A boy who’s father hasn’t initiated him into manhood
suffers three fates: he becomes jealous, and seeks after endless sex instead of
true love with his soulmate; he becomes envious, and chases after money that no
amount satisfies instead of seeking to render his services and let the
compensation take care of itself; he becomes intolerant, and seeks power over
others when his efforts should be directed at learning to exercise complete
power over himself: such as these never become men, and the women in their
lives secretly resent them for it or silently pity them.
[766] The habitually disloyal man soon comes to realize he
can no longer trust himself, and what greater penalty is there than that?
[767] A man who trusts in himself wins it from others also.
[768] Losers are more interested in appearing happy and
successful to the world, rather than actually being such.
[769] When a fool can’t dispute the message, he attacks the
messenger; which just opens the masses ears to it, and in it they put their
faith and hope.
[770] The real alpha male’s only competition is defeating
today the vile monster he was yesterday; a kind and loving and loyal wife is
the greatest asset to him in achieving such an aim.
[771] Celibacy makes a man a genius the masses often fail to
understand, such that they ridicule him; but sex with his loyal wife makes that
same man a god who wields miraculous powers of influence.
[772] Resistance amidst temptation begets more trust.
[773] The hero is the one who was misguided until a wise mentor
came into his life and aided him in helping him find his purpose which will be
of tremendous profit to the world, such that our struggling vagabond finally
realizes his personal dreams as his reward for his great altruistic efforts and
contributions.
[774] A broken heart can become the most loving one because
it understands pain and suffering.
[775] A man can’t forgive wrongs against him until they first
enrage him, such that through the pain he comes to control the anger and
transmute it into a benefit to others: even if it’s just to safeguard them from
experiencing the same suffering he endured.
[776] The truth puts to shame and ruin the secret iniquities
of evildoers.
[777] Standing up for his rights and freedoms makes a man a
man; but forgiving perpetrators who revoke or violate them make him a god.
[778] Cowardice is being friendly to someone’s face, then
trying to injure or destroy them behind their back.
[779] True friendship is founded on knowing each others’
dreams and encouraging one another to realize them.
[780] The idle coward cheers and gloats over the strong man
when he encounters adversity and failure; thinking it gives him evidence that
he’s superior to him; but the strong man persists and finally wins, and then
his adversaries hate him for triggering in them feelings of inferiority. Such
is the stupidity of a man who refuses to conquer his envy.
[781] The prideful and vain man gets offended and shuns you
when you confront him for his wrongs against you.
[782] Most of the world’s problems span from man’s pride and
his indignation to recognize his own faults and mistakes, and having no
interest to correct them.
[783] The truth is the most powerful weapon against evil,
and the bringer of justice.
[784] To partake in evil is to but wish another ill will or
ill fortune; righteousness comes to those who refrain from such practices of
thought.
[785] The man who believes in his and others dreams cures
himself of his envy.
[786] The great man imagines himself possessing his ideal
personality and character and living his ideal lifestyle, and he measures
himself by his progress and successes in manifesting them; but the foolish man
measures himself by how successful he is in attaining all the material things
he sees others wanting, hoping to win the approval, admiration and envy of
those who wish they had what he has accumulated for himself; his self-worth is
founded on the failures of others.
[787] A man who doesn’t tease his wife like she’s a child on
a playground deprives her of much joy, love and affection.
[788] A man can tell his friends from his enemies by who
believes in his dreams, and who doesn’t.
[789] The battle between good and evil is fought and won
with but one weapon: the truth.
[780] Every soul that defies the empire and pays for it with
their life becomes one of the Christ’s nobles, who later go on to reign over
the world with him in his kingdom for one thousand years, working collectively
to prepare the people for the kingdom of bliss where all will see God.
[781] The beta male wants to show his superiority over other
men, usually by accumulating riches or becoming a philander of beautiful women
or exercising power over others, such that he may, through his conceit, gloat
over his brothers for him experiencing blessings he knows they’re missing out
on; but the alpha male only wants to show his superiority over the weak man he
was in his yesterdays.
[782] Blessed is the
woman who looks at the hero and exclaims: “I want a man like that!” and then she
immediately starts remolding herself into the woman such a man would want to
marry; she is sure to win and be rewarded for her efforts when the man with an
attractive personality, an unbreakable character and with ambitions to give her
the world finally shows up to reward her for her loyalty.
[783] A praised and commended service causes the renderer of
it to want to perform it to a greater degree.
[784] No one is never not in need of encouragement; give it,
and give it in abundance, for you provide the world with its greatest service!
[785] The one who consoles a future king when he’s but a pensive
peasant wins many blessings.
[786] The dungeon of remorse leads the way to a tower as
ecstatically high as the pain was deep.
[787] Trying and failing reveals our ignorance to what we
must learn to later succeed.
[788] Miracles transpire when the doer joins in cooperation
with the thinker; wicked governments are overthrown, and reestablished with
righteous ones.
[789] A wise and righteous judge sympathizes with the
penitent perpetrator; and he encounters opposition for it.
[790] Men who do evil are not always evil; just misguided or
they submit to temptations they yet fail to resist.
[791] Problems only arise in the world when the people do
not know right from wrong, nor wish to do right.
[792] Heaven would be half way reached if all admitted their
wrongs and sought to make them right.
[793] Man’s greatest desire is that he marries a woman who
dotes upon him and him alone; his heart craves her honesty and loyalty as much
as his lungs do air.
[794] The great man becomes so by studying under and emulating
great men until finally he becomes one in his own right.
[795] The alpha male’s self-worth is founded on the
successes he can make of other men; the beta male, upon how many failures make
him look greater by comparison.
[796] Before he requests it, a man should know he asks for
extreme pain and suffering if he asks for wisdom.
[797] Disloyalty triggers rage, which, in righteous
offenders, begets remorse at being in the wrong, leading to confession, forgiveness
and eventually reconciliation with a new commitment towards reform.
[798] A person who experiences the penalties of their
disloyalty often forges themselves into the loyalist ones of them all.
[799] A man only conquers his enemies when he overcomes his
hatred for them.
[800] Loving is forgiving wrongs, and hoping it’s met with
remorse.
[801] To have no ill will and wish no ill fortune to anyone
is to achieve enlightenment; it is to harbor goodwill to all, desiring for them
the blessings we crave for ourselves.
[802] A husband fits the role of teacher; therefore, a wise
man gains the knowledge and wisdom the wife he would want is interested in
being most enlightened on.
[803] The only route to true love is to be remorseful when
we wrong our mates and want to make it right with them, and we forgive all of
their wrongs against us.
[804] It is better to be alone than with a woman who feels
no remorse for how she wrongs a man and has no desire to put it right.
[805] The righteous judge never condemns the remorseful who
recognize their indebtedness and who want to balance their debt.
[806] Personality and character in a woman are her greatest
assets; from these things comes her future bliss where her soul knows no
dissatisfaction.
[807] The greatest shame a man can bring upon himself and
his household is to deny and defy his wrongs against his brothers and sisters
instead of having the humility to admit them, the courage to seek to put the
wrong things right, and the persistence to see the endeavor through to
completion.
[808] Every man errs and wrongs others; it is only the
humble, courageous and persistent who admit it and seek to put the wrong things
right, regardless of if it brings them shame and embarrassment for a finite
moment.
[809] Blessed is the man who listens to him whom evil
governments bully and persecute; his salvation is secured forevermore.
[810] The man who refuses to admit his wrongs, feels no
remorse for them and exhibits no desire to put them right, is damned!
[811] The best vengeance is forgiveness; for it puts those
who wronged us in our debt and, if they have a conscience, they will secretly
know it.
[812] To forgive the wrong of a penitent sinner produces
more devotion in them because they know they have a debt to make up for.
[813] The wise recognize and embrace the truth; the envious
and doubtful dispute and seek to discredit it; and the stupid and idiotic ridicule
and reject it.
[814] Stupid people are deluded into thinking they’re
righteous by advocating for making wickedness something worth acceptance and
praise.
[815] The truth doesn’t care who’s so ignorant to it that it
offends them.
[816] The fool who is ignorant to the evil he commits is
later offended when it is made known to him; but the wise humbly confess and
correct themselves.
[817] Rebuke causes reform in the righteous, and hatred in
the wicked.
[818] When a man no longer wants those who made him suffer
to suffer in return, and he has no desire to be superior to those who made him
feel inferior, has he claimed the approval and validation of God.
[819] Equity prevails in a society when the people make themselves
righteous.
[820] He is a worm who gloats over others because he has
blessings they don’t.
[821] The woman always picks the man, and if she’s wise she
picks the one she believes she can bring out the most potential in that it will
be of most benefit the world; if she succeeds, her soul is most satisfied. This
is the feminine dream.
[822] The measure of a judge is the extend of the
forgiveness he can render the wrongdoer, but he is not unrighteous if he
condemns those who feel no remorse for their evils.
[823] It is remorse that determines if a man encounters
heaven or hell; for all have fallen short.
[824] Knowledge and wisdom fails in comparison to the love
of a loyal woman.
[825] The greatest honor is to be emulated by others who
then come to benefit themselves and all they encounter as a result.
[826] The truly great man eliminates his desire to shame those
who rejoiced in his sufferings by later using his success to gloat over them.
[827] The way of the wicked is to gaslight a man, and then
punish him if he protests by speaking of truth and justice.
[828] The wayward woman craves opening wounds in men; but the
virtuous woman delights in healing them.
[829] The best revenge is forgiveness: in the remorseful,
the work of their conscience over their wrongs against us will bring them shame
and guilt and regret and a recognition of their indebtedness to us, and that is
penance enough; but those who kill the conscience will be removed from the
heavens and the earth forever.
[830] When the people thirst for knowledge, wisdom and
understanding, a land becomes righteous and just.
[831] Selfish and greedy kings make laws to steal from the produce
of the peoples’ labors; such thieves are too weak, lazy and incompetent to make
their own money, by first serving others and thus entitling them to such compensation.
[832] The idiot ridicules the truth because he is too stupid
to understand it; the prideful angrily opposes it because it reveals his faults
and mistakes; and the wise accepts it because he knows it brings him peace and
happiness.
[833] Only the fool devotes himself to making others
unhappy, because this is exactly the thing that is preventing him from curing
himself of his own misery.
[834] Happiness comes from seeking to contribute to the
happiness of others through service; misery, from committing crimes that
withhold or prevent them from finding it.
[835] The woman who seduces a man with no intention of being
a champion for his dreams to benefit his fellow man demoralizes a civilization.
[836] Those who would find true love must first begin by
mastering their sinful nature; then the mate who has also done the same will
put in their appearance to form the perfect harmonic relation.
[837] The ideal husband is the one who learns how he
triggers silent negative reactions in his wife’s mind and trains himself to
stop the behaviors that cause them; such a man brings perfect love and harmony
into his marriage.
[838] He who would become great and change the world
refrains from sex with any woman he doesn’t first love, and he knows she loves
him.
[839] Exceedingly wise and blessed is the woman who denies
sex to any man who’s dreams she doesn’t first believe in and want to be his
helper in manifesting; such as these are the only women who find true love and
true happiness in this life, and are the ones to truly change the world.
[840] Our love is real when it reforms our wicked ways
because we feel ashamed that they hurt the ones we love most.
[841] Reconciliation starts when we take the initiative to
right the ones we’ve wronged; sometimes our remorse triggers the same in them
and they confess their wrongs against us too, and then, when both have forgiven
and been forgiven, what once was a string becomes a rope.
[842] Where there is love in a transgressor, their remorse
over past wrongs induces them to recognize their indebtedness to their victim and
causes them to want to balance it; this is evidence of being a person after
God’s own heart.
[843] No man has the right to rebuke what he hasn’t already
mastered in himself.
[844] When a man doubts his manhood, he seeks to prove it to
others, hoping to verify it to himself based on their acceptance and approval,
and their praise and admiration.
[845] The man who has to prove his manhood has not yet found
it.
[846] If it’s hidden, it’s known to be wrong.
[847] Betrayal is the beginning of wisdom.
[848] Any ill word or deed that triggers a negative thought
in a spouse is a crime against love; in that moment, they have made their minds
antagonistic to one another’s.
[849] True love only results when soulmates stop speaking or
acting in any way that triggers a silent hurtful or resentful response in the
other’s mind; the exemplification of morality by both husband and wife makes
this condition manifest.
[850] Promiscuity turns men who should have been friends
into enemies; then they become competitive with each other rather than
cooperative.
[851] Ignorance is not knowing and not doing that which will
make a man happy and content.
[852] True love cannot exist where the desire to punish each
others’ wrongs does.
[853] A king can only serve his people to the degree to
which his queen serves him; the kingdom depends upon her devotion to him.
[854] He is an utter fool who lets a woman use him as a tool
to punish the man she really loves for hurting her.
[855] The strength and glory of a civilization is dependent
upon the loyalty of its women.
[856] The best teachers of righteousness are the ones who
know the penalties of wickedness.
[857] A wicked government’s greatest fear is that the people
will find true love in their marriages; it would make them impossible to
subjugate and oppress.
[858] It is foolish to punish those who criticize and reject
us instead of doing that which would win us their praise and acceptance in the
first place.
[859] True love remembers no wrongs: if a husband or wife
says, “But I did this because you did that!” they are keeping a record, and
true love will continue to elude them.
[860] The path to exemlparship is two-fold: it is training
ourselves to refrain from even thinking about giving expression to our sins,
such that we no longer wrong and hurt anyone; and learning to inhibit the
instinctive negative response from being triggered in ourselves when we are the
recipient of others wrongs against us, checking the urge to return evil for
evil from entering the consciousness.
[861] Man’s conscience is the heart of God.
[862] No man will change his ways until he first admits the
shame in them.
[863] The way of the wicked is to persecute the philosopher
as soon as they can find him.
[864] It is not the ones with the most wrongs which are most
wretched, but the ones who have no desire to make them right.
[865] The man who fails to dominate himself seeks to
dominate others.
[866] It is not until a man admits he’s wrong that he can
start putting himself right.
[867] Recognizing the penalties of error brings wisdom.
[868] Using the body the way God designed it saturates the
consciousness with joy.
[869] Peace and harmony is only possible when we become
aware of the often unconscious ways we trigger others and train ourselves to
stop; and we resist the urge to trigger others to punish them when they trigger
us until the reaction ceases to fire in the consciousness.
[870] Immortals have the eternal appearance of the early
twenties.
[871] The greatest crime a man can commit is to fail to
recognize his soulmate when she is well aware of it.
[872] The difference between the damned and those who
receive salvation is a reflection of if they’ve safeguarded their conscience or
killed it.
[873] A government that prohibits its citizens from righting
their wrongs is the wickedest one of them all.
[874] Rage results from being wronged; sorrow, from
suffering loss; and hell on earth is when they’re the same thing.
[875] Righteous indignation is expressed wrath against a
wrong; selfish anger, rage at the penalties that always follow having wronged
another.
[876] True love is only produced when a husband and wife
have both come to refrain from acting and treating each other in any way that
causes a hurtful or resentful response in the other, whether silently harbored
or outwardly expressed; when all negative behaviors that trigger such have been
overcome by both, the perfect marriage results.
[877] It is a fool’s game to divorce love and sex.
[878] A good man who can’t find a loving, loyal wife goes
crazy.
[879] The man who finally conquers his desire to injure
those who injure him wins the approval of Yahweh.
[880] An apology followed by a justification for the
transgression makes forgiveness resistant to it.
[881] Only the man who admits his foolishness can become
wise; for to deny it is to remain a fool.
[882] The wicked king punishes all protests against his
injustices instead of amending his evils; thus, he wins the contempt and
opposition of those he reigns over.
[883] The conceited, power-hungry woman gloats over the men
whose advances she rejects; she subscribes to a fallacious method to build her
self-esteem.
[884] The greatest power of influence is a freed vocal
mechanism.
[885] Chastity is a pledge that a person will later be loyal
and trustworthy to their spouse when they finally marry.
[886] He who is afraid to get it wrong never gets it right;
for success is founded upon the lessons of past defeats.
[887] To the man who perseveres, the extent of the struggle
will be commensurate with the resulting strength of character and wisdom
fostered.
[888] Compassion comes with the recognition that most men
lack conscious control over themselves and their sins; they think, speak and
act out of seemingly irresistible blind habit, which arouses pity and sorrow in
us, acknowledging it’s to their confirmed detriment.
[889] A man cannot truly understand another’s pain unless he
has first suffered it himself.
[890] The beloved wife is the one who consoles a crying
husband when he suffers loss and calms his rage when he is wronged.
[891] Indoctrination is amoral: it results in the masses
realizing their own dreams, or working to realize the government’s.
[892] The man who is others’ champion becomes theirs.
[893] The greatest victory over self is to feel no
resentment when our follies and foibles are made known to us; instead, we
rejoice in their revelations, knowing we may now amend them to our profit.
[894] The king who requests the counsel of his queen puts
his kingdom right; he thinks from the brain, but she feels from the heart.
[895] Blessed is the woman who cringes at the thought of
murdering her own children.
[896] The great man becomes such because he craves
righteousness more than he does sex.
[897] We want our transgressors to admit their offenses hurt
us and witness them feel remorse for the suffering they caused us; such
expressions as these are the truthful, penitent apologies worthy of
forgiveness.
[898] To falter is human; but to know it’s wrong and seek to
resist it is to know God.
[899] The most courageous battle a man can win is to see his
own faults and mistakes for what they are, instead of defending them to himself
and others.
[900] It isn’t true love if it isn’t loyal; for loyalty is
the foundation of the blessed relation.
[901] The man with the most resonant, projected voice will
naturally emerge the leader in any interaction, and all will instinctively know
it.
[902] Man’s unconscious manners in which he triggers others
is the reason most of the world’s disputes start; his erroneous desire to
retrigger his transgressor is the reason for most of them continuing.
[903] The traitor will present evidence for his loyalty
before it’s even doubted.
[904] For a man to see and correct his foibles and follies
is for him to grow in stature and wisdom; it is nothing more, and it never will
be.
[905] A harmonious marriage results from a friendly
competition to see who can better serve the other; not a battle for who’s rule
wins.
[906] A great lover doesn’t pursue the attainment of an
object of desire, but an ever-unfolding harmonious, loving dynamic with them.
[908] A loving father makes his children’s top interests his
own.
[909] Fools mistake different roles for inequality.
[910] The great leader never seeks to fit in; instead, he
induces others to fit in with him, because he shows them how their cooperation
will profit themselves and others.
[911] The woman who seeks to rule over her man sabotages the
true love her heart craves; for it can only be found when she first wants to
and then she does submit to his headship.
[912] Better than being highly desired is being truly loved.
[913] Ability is but a capacity freed to function as it was
designed to.
[914] A great lover makes their beloved’s needs their top
priority.
[915] To try to control a woman and dictate her conduct is
the epitome of objectifying her.
[916] As a man does unto others, he brings onto himself.
[917] The route to true happiness is to find true love, and
then let acts of altruism blossom forth from that harmonious union.
[918] Contentment comes when a man and his wife decide the
lifestyle they wish to live free from envious competition, and then they commit
to rendering an equivalent service required to support it.
[919] The benefit of error is the certain knowledge of why
the acts and their consequences are to be avoided, such that the resulting
wisdom may be conveyed to others without them having to err themselves.
[920] A true religion is but the instructions by which a
vision of how people should relate themselves to one another harmoniously may
be manifested.
[921] A husband cannot provide his wife with the true love
her heart craves unless he first makes himself both humble and wise.
[922] A husband must first go up and forward if he wants his
wife to be free, and for their children to then follow the same direction.
[923] The art of friendship is finding out another’s state
of affairs and staying current with them, and revealing ours to them.
[924] Women who transform men into religionists’ become as
goddesses in the pages of history.
[925] The desire for power over others is freedom’s greatest
adversary.
[925] A new identity precedes all change.
[926] There can be no wisdom without humility.
[927] Flattery seeks selfish reciprocated desire or
approval; but a sincere compliment affirms another’s value in the world: what
they have or could yet contribute.
[928] There is a difference between a wife rebuking her
husband for a fault that triggers hurt and pain in her, and those disguised as
ploys to usurp his headship.
[929] The feminist doctrine and precepts are designed to
succeed at one thing: usurping the headship away from the husband; but this is
to destroy a foundation stone that would otherwise support the structure of
true love in her marriage.
[930] It is only the weak man who considers it a defeat to
recognize or accept his faults and errors, and he then ignores them so he might
continue in his follies; but learning from such embarrassment and failure is
exactly what makes a righteous man become strong, for he grows in increased
blamelessness and wisdom as a result of enduring every trial and adversity.
[931] The cunning and deceitful will convince a person
they’re in a prison, when their idea of salvation from it is the real prison.
[932] Love can only surface in relation to the degree to
which the desire to control a beloved shrinks.
[933] For a man to know another, all he must do is figure
out what they do whenever he’s not around them; to make such revelations an aim
of his conversation is to start wielding influence with many.
[934] More valuable than possessing a skill is knowing the
process by which it may be learned, and thus taught; with such value a man can
franchise his reality into the unfolding experiences of others’ lives.
[935] The secret to a happy marriage is for both husband and
wife to commit to eliciting only positive emotions in each other, and
refraining from triggering the negative ones; the first comes with the
unfoldment of personality, and the second with the development of character.
[936] A man travels in a direction, but a woman points him
in it.
[937] A seductress’s gambit is simple: she deceives her
victim into feeling like he is a great man, and then the elicitation of his
vanity makes him an easy conquest.
[938] Most people want to either rule or change the world,
but few will first rule or change themselves, which would then entitle them to
such enduring power or honors.
[939] The man who truly changes the world is the one who first
changes himself, then induces a multitude to follow his example.
[940] Referring to a past favor to get one wins cooperation,
but not without some contempt.
[941] There are three great evils within a man’s heart he
must do battle with and conquer: jealousy, which causes him to hate the man who
wins the love and favor he wishes for himself; envy, which causes him to hate
the man who earns the power and honor he wishes for himself; and intolerance,
which causes him to hate the man who lives free in all the ways he’s enslaved.
[942] To conquer the urge to punish or retrigger those who
trigger us is to be a Son or Daughter of God; being such is to bear others sins
without retaliating against their offenses.
[943] Self-worth only comes from knowing we’ve contributed
to the happiness and contentment of others.
[944] A true religion in the mind of a devout adherent ends
in martyrdom in this life, and immorality in the next.
[945] A happy man is the one who spreads good will and good
cheer everywhere he goes, and gives no one a reason to harbor ill will and
resentment towards him; but he cannot help it if others are jealous, envious or
intolerant of his confident attitude.
[946] What’s familiar to us seems normal, but it may really
be grossly abnormal and we’d never know it because we have nothing with which
to contrast and compare our reality with.
[947] A man should not ask for a critique if he’s already
prepared to refute it.
[948] The woman who founds her self-worth on how many men
desire her will always feel worthless in her soul; for she has yet to find her
soulmate who will give her the identity she is to be in the world.
[949] The alpha male wants control, power and dominion only
over himself; the beta male, over everyone else.
[950] A great preacher leads his congregation to arrive at
the conclusions he wants them to reach and adopt by way of their own thought.
[951] The message should always be bigger than the man who
preaches it.
[952] The only women who will share a man are the broken
ones, and how great do desperate women clinging to him make him?
[953] The wife who asks herself: “How is my husband best
fitted to serve humanity, and how can I help him with it?” is the one who will
live the romantic fantasies of her youthful innocence when she transforms him
into a champion.
[954] The man who’s loved and respected by his wife will
climb the highest mountains and sail the seven seas for her.
[955] The wisest woman is the one who knows how to give her
husband love and respect, bound in absolute loyalty.
[956] Romance is convincing someone they’re they only
desirable person in the entire world, and everyone else fails to compare with
how valuable they are.
[957] Helplessness is being powerless to stop others from
being wronged or persecuted.
[958] To be born is to suffer ignorance, and to live is to
attempt to remedy it.
[959] When neither husband nor wife use one another to
validate each other’s ability to attract a good partner, true love has a better
chance of flowering.
[960] The greatest compliment the world bestows on a man is
that he can have any woman he chooses; but what makes him truly great is if he
only wants his loyal wife.
[961] If prophecy is accurate, some have no choice but to
endure hell forevermore.
[962] To be a strong man is to have righteous and just
convictions, and to fight for their dominion in society.
[963] Every man is vain, except those who make themselves
gods.
[964] It is perhaps only the betrayal of a woman who can
shatter a man’s conceit for himself.
[965] When immorality becomes normal, no one objects to it.
[966] Loving is a persistence of the heart’s desire.
[967] The wise man seeks conditions; the fool, objects.
[968] The objectification of women is trying to force them
into becoming what men want them to be.
[969] To be a rebel is to assert the boundary, but then take
the stand far beyond necessary.
[970] Spouting wisdom is a flaunting of the phallus.
[971] The act of shaming a woman for her sexual exploits
stems from the desire to turn her into a possession.
[972] The only way to achieve greatness is to not desire it;
the only man who finds it is the one who does not want it.
[973] The freedom every woman seeks can only be found in the
true love relation.
[974] The only form of advice we should give another is to
tell them what we would do in their position, and request their consent before
we do so.
[975] To complete the character is to reach a status where
we wish no ill will or ill fortune to even those who punish or persecute us,
recognizing always they are but victims to their own sins which brings them
suffering.
[976] Blind obedience is not loyalty.
[977] The great king gives or withholds approval; but he
does not dictate.
[978] The greatest form of ignorance is to be blind to one’s
own character.
[979] A man excuses in others the evils he’s willing to
tolerate in himself.
[980] A woman only respects her man when she wins his trust
and keeps it.
[981] The man with the most wisdom becomes accepted as the
alpha.
[982] The purpose of life is to find the one you love more
than anyone else on the planet and they love you the same, when you wrong each
other you’re remorseful for hurting them and they are for you, you forgive their
wrongs against you and they forgive yours against them, and you commit to
learning to never re-offend each other the same again; and then you channel
that unconditional love for each other into serving humanity, all in exchange
for your ideal lifestyle required to support your family.
[983] The extent of the service rendered is in proportion to
the love back of it.
[984] The extent of the altruism offered by the wedded is
commensurate with the depth of their love for one another.
[985] The path to true love is when a man loves a woman more
than his mother, she loves him more than her father, and they keep no record of
wrongs but yet seek to cease from triggering one another until they have
achieved mutual success.
[986] To win trust is to be respected.
[987] True morality runs deeper than rules, but into the
essences of the righteous soul.
[988] Compassion results from recognizing we and everyone else
are sinners, but we all are susceptible to different sins that carry different
penalties; and what makes one sin or its consequences worse than the other: do
not all harm the individual who indulges them, though in varying ways?
[989] The problem with this world is that it knows neither
right from wrong, nor does it seem to want to do right even if it did.
[990] To suffer pain is to fathom the same in others, and to
do that is to love another.
[991] To truly love another is to understand their suffering
and sympathize with it without victimizing them.
[992] Personality wins love; character wins respect.
[993] The unschooled instinct is to believe those who point
out our malefactions are our enemies and not our allies; but will not an enemy
encourage us to continue in that which works against us, and an ally correct
that in us which doesn’t?
[994] Love is true when the victim of an offense refrains
from lording their transgressor’s crimes over their head and shaming them for
their error in judgment, even when their soul is penitent.
[995] Rehearsing authenticity is phoniness.
[996] A woman can only give a man true love when she loves
him more than her father, she shows remorse when she wrongs him and wants to
put the errors right, and she forgives his transgressions against her so that
no bitterness remains towards him; the same goes for a man who wants to give a
woman true love.
[997] Remorse makes forgiveness justified.
[998] The man who justifies his iniquities as he confesses
them lacks penitence.
[999] True remorse shows no justification.
[1000] To hear another’s wound and to receive their sympathy
for ours is to make a true friend.
[1001] Friendship is strengthened by knowing one another’s
wounds and mutually wanting to see them healed.
[1002] The best parents do little more than set the example.
[1003] The loving man only affirms another’s struggle
instead of trying to solve it for them.
[1004] To retaliate against a transgressor is to become one.
[1005] Integrity is being who we think we are.
[1006] The beginning of influence is learning what others’
silent responses are to what we say and do.
[1007] A father who seeks out his daughter’s wisdom blesses
both of them.
[1008] The truth always masters lies and deceit, eventually.
[1009] The liar and deceiver condemns in public the very
things he practices in private.
[1010] A
man’s objective in romance should be to marry the wisest and most loving woman
he’s ever met.
[1011] Love
is won, and respect is earned; neither can truly be bribed.
[1012] Wisdom
in a wife is her belief in her husband’s potential to render great services to
mankind.
[1013] Most
avoid and ignore advice; but few deny guidance that profits them.
[1014] An enemy known is one half conquered.
[1015] Tyrants act like the sheep they want to deceive to
win them over, only to finally reveal themselves as the wolves they truly are,
which is to the sheep’s slaughter.
[1016] To appreciate and love a spouse is to value their
service to you and your family.
[1017] The wicked purposely and secretly introduce evil so
they can publicly oppose it to look virtuous to win the support of the people.
[1018] A husband carries out in the day that which he and
his wife planned the evening before.
[1019] Evil kings create the problems, so they can appear to
solve them to win the support of the masses.
[1020] A man who promises something for nothing is lying, or
he is ignorant to nature.
[1021] A
loving father affirms his daughter’s worth (or how valuable she and her life is
to the world): over and over again, he reiterates it.
[1022] The
greatest sin is to deliberately trigger another; if no one triggered others,
there would be peace on earth. But all must cooperate to manifest it.
[1023] A good father only counsels his sons and daughters in
making their own decisions; he doesn’t try to impose his will and make their
choices for them.
[1024] A selfish king promises to solve the peoples’
problems himself, because he craves the glory; but a selfless king guides them to
solve their own, giving them the glory.
[1025] When
a prudent man encounters new information, he asks himself if the source is
reliable or twisted by a deceitful agenda.
[1026] Arrogance is veiled insecurity.
[1027] A truly great man sympathizes with those who wrong
him, knowing he has also submitted to his own weaknesses and wronged others
himself.
[1028] Evil kings pervert the peoples’ minds by doctoring a
culture that, if accepted and acted upon, thwarts them in their pursuit of
happiness and contentment.
[1029] Seeking perfection is the path of the delusional;
seeking righteousness, that of the sane.
[1030] A father most cherishes a daughter who shares his
passion; for their connection will be strongest.
[1031] The wicked know unhappy people are easiest to
control; thus, they create and cater to it.
[1032] Fellowship where no man envies or seeks to be greater
than any other in the group, but only recognize the benefits all contribute
toward a constructive common objective, is where and when miracles happens.
[1033] Blessed is the woman who abstains from a man’s flesh
until she knows he loves her more than his mother, and she loves him more than
her father; that is the foundation stones of true love.
[1034] Goodwill amongst others results from the practice of
morality.
[1035] The right use of sex is between a man who loves the
woman more than his mother, and she loves him more than her father.
[1036] The fallacy that we know all things destroys our
curiosity in another’s knowledge and wisdom, and that sabotages our connection
with them, for it is found in the act of sharing it.
[1037] There is advice given because the father wants to
feel superior to his son, and that which is given because the father has
already traveled the journey, and knows it, and wants to see it successfully completed
by his son too; every father should know this difference before his sons’ come
of age.
[1038] Life’s greatest battle and victory is to stop getting
triggered when we’re wronged or our perception of it.
[1039] To love another is to desire for them the blessings we
do for ourselves.
[1040] A bitch is so because she owns the bitterness in the
minds of the men she’s conquered; but a virtuous woman eradicates it in the
minds of all she’s wronged, such that all come to wish her goodwill.
[1041] Every man’s aim should be to win the goodwill of his
family, his allies, and his society by contributing to them all; and wishing to
do no one any wrong, yet recompensing when he does err.
[1042] A good wife breeds cleanliness in a man.
[1043] A negative emotion triggered in a spouse deprives
both of harmony in that moment; what a husband does to his wife, he does to
himself, and vice versa.
[1044] The best education comes through entertainment;
propaganda, too.
[1045] A man can only feel like a worthy man when he knows
he’s contributed to the happiness and contentment of others; those who seek to
kill in a man the desire to do so best ruins him.
[1046] Blessed are those who love before they consummate.
[1047] To be truly great is to acknowledge and welcome all,
but to judge none.
[1048] The most foolish economist is the one who ignores the
law of retribution for his own instant gratification.
[1049] The man who doubts himself will instill it in others.
[1050] Compassion is going out of our way to accommodate the
shortcomings of others.
[1051] The wicked introduce evil so they can oppose it to
look virtuous.
[1052] The shorter the slogan, the better it tends to be.
[1053] When a man thinks he’s always right, he will fail to
see all the ways he’s not.
[1054] Most of what makes a story great is what happened
before it begins.
[1055] Peace and harmony cannot abide where the desire to
punish one another’s wrongs does.
[1056] The exhibition of mercy tends to turn a good heart
penitent; but the evil show no remorse.
[1057] The culprit accuses his victims of lying about his
transgressions against them, claiming it’s a conspiracy to ruin him, hoping to win
sympathy.
[1058] There can be no harmony without peace.
[1059] The man who truly loves mankind ceases to vilify even
the villains; instead, he looks at them as wayward souls struggling to find
their humanity.
[1060] Gullibility is nothing but a failure to accumulate
the facts, and then a naïve belief in what
runs contrary to them.
[1061] The foundation of peace is an elimination of the resentment
for the wrongs done against us.
[1062] The only man who is fit to judge is the one who has
not erred in the same way as the accused.
[1063] The best way the wicked control a man is by
controlling the peoples’ perception of him.
[1064] A philosopher’s greatness is proportionate to the
rulers’ hatred for him, and the peoples’ love.
[1065] Righteous kings seek to instill in the people their
desire to be of service to others, knowing this is the only route to them
finding the true happiness and contentment they crave most, all citizens collectively
making their civilization loving, prosperous and free.
[1066] The desire to prove a hater wrong about us and later
gloat over them with our success is to care about their opinion of us.
[1067] The feminine dream is to be the woman who makes her
man a champion; the masculine, to appear great in her eyes.
[1068] The husband who can acknowledge and accept his faults
without defending himself is highly regarded by his wife; but the one who
argues and denies what is self-evident to her causes her much frustration and
grief.
[1069] There’s no greater way to pay a man a compliment than
to seek out and value his wisdom.
[1070] The loving soul refrains from becoming vindictive
towards the one who rejects their affections or breaks their heart.
[1071] Confidence is knowing the right thing to do before
the situation even demands it.
[1072] No one has more power over a man than the woman he
loves.
[1073] The wickedest of men are those who punish the victim.
[1074] The epitome of evil is to experience and show no
remorse when we wrong others; then the conscience has been killed off.
[1075] To love life is to utilize every adversity as a means
for greater growth in character and wisdom.
[1076] A man who wishes to prosper doesn’t care about doing
his job to merely survive; he cares about serving others to the best of his
abilities, knowing the compensation will take care of itself.
[1077] The man who hates women is the one who thinks they
are incapable of equaling his achievements.
[1078] Decisive submission is but a trust that another’s
leadership will be of benefit to ourselves and others.
[1079] The greater the adversity, the greater the wisdom
that comes with it which can then be of benefit to others.
[1080] The woman who overcomes her self-pity makes herself a
goddess; for when she’s not complaining, she’s on her worthy purpose.
[1081] The only soul a man can change is his own, but in so
doing, he often influences others to do the same.
[1082] There is no greater power under the heavens than the
woman who wants to see love prevail in the world; humanity’s destiny rests in
her hands.
[1083] To love all humanity is to forgive wrongs rather than
retaliate, for all of us err.
[1084] The only men who like being preached at are the ones
who attend the sermon.
[1085] Respect is often won through sincere compliments; but
to do that, a man must first know another.
[1086] The prudent man only shares sex with a woman he
loves.
[1087] Loving-kindness is to anticipate a need and satisfy
it before it’s even recognized.
[1088] There is no greater temptation to submit to vanity
than to be revered by others.
[1089] Vanity is the false belief that we are better than
any other man.
[1090] A true friend overlooks faults and sees potential.
[1091] To disapprove of another’s behavior is not necessarily
to hate them.
[1092] Every great commandment is a journey.
[1093] A wise wife gets what she wants by making her husband
think it was his idea.
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