
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
Nahj al-Balagha
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.”
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 248
Context: It is not good for ordinary people to say, "I am He." The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.
“Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.”
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
Maxim 914
Sentences
“108. A Fool’s Tongue is long enough to cut his own Throat.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman.”
Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
“He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.”
Psalm 36.
Commentaries
“Let thy mind rule thy tongue!”
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)