25 Quotes by Hermes Trismegistus

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

The punishment of desire is the agony of unfulfillment.

The hearer must be of one mind with the speaker, my son, and of one spirit as well; he must have hearing quicker than the speech of the speaker.

Man is the most divine of all the beings, for amongst all living things, Atum associates with him only – speaking to him in dreams at night, foretelling the future for him in the flight of birds, the bowels of beasts, and the whispering oak.

Philosophy is nothing else than striving through constant contemplation and saintly piety to attain knowledge of God.

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

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

Birth is not the beginning of life – only of an individual awareness. Change into another state is not death – only the ending of this awareness.

83. Avoid all conversation with the multitude or common people; for I would not have you subject to envy, much less to be ridiculous unto the multitude.