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Ptolemy photo

“As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul.”

Ptolemy (100–170) Greco-Egyptian writer and astronomer of Alexandria

Book IV, sec. 1
Tetrabiblos

Ptolemy photo
Ptolemy photo

“I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.”

Ptolemy livro Almagest

In some of the manuscripts, the books begins with this epigram (Owen Gingerich, The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, American Institute of Physics, 1993, p. 55).
Almagest

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“To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books. It has always seemed to me that symbolism should be restored to the structure of world education.”

Manly P. Hall (1901–1990) Canadian writer and mystic

Quoted in the tribute of The Lost Symbol (2009) by Dan Brown
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928)
Contexto: A nation with culture is blessed. To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books. It has always seemed to me that symbolism should be restored to the structure of world education. The young are no longer invited to seek the hidden truths, dynamic and eternal, locked within the shapes and behavior of living beings.

Manly P. Hall photo

“The yoni and phallus were worshiped by nearly all ancient people as appropriate symbols of God's creative power.”

Manly P. Hall (1901–1990) Canadian writer and mystic

The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928)

Manly P. Hall photo
Manly P. Hall photo

“What nobler relationship than that of friend? What nobler compliment can man bestow than friendship?”

Manly P. Hall (1901–1990) Canadian writer and mystic

The Lost Keys Of Freemasonry (1923)
Contexto: What nobler relationship than that of friend? What nobler compliment can man bestow than friendship? The bonds and ties of the life we know break easily, but through eternity one bond remains — the bond of fellowship — the fellowship of atoms, of star dust in its endless flight, of suns and worlds, of gods and men. The clasped hands of comradeship unite in a bond eternal — the fellowship of spirit.

Manly P. Hall photo

“The alchemical tradition assumes that every physical art or science is a body of knowledge which exists only because it is ensouled by invisible powers and processes.”

Manly P. Hall (1901–1990) Canadian writer and mystic

Meditation Symbols in Eastern & Western Mysticism (1988)
Contexto: The alchemical tradition assumes that every physical art or science is a body of knowledge which exists only because it is ensouled by invisible powers and processes. Physical chemistry, as it is practiced in the modern world, is concerned principally with pharmaceutical or industrial research projects. It is confined within the boundaries of an all-pervading materialism, which binds labor to the advancement of physical objectives.

Manly P. Hall photo

“The great materialistic progress which we have venerated for so long is on the verge of bankruptcy.”

Manly P. Hall (1901–1990) Canadian writer and mystic

Preface to the Diamond Jubilee Edition of The Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928)
Contexto: The great materialistic progress which we have venerated for so long is on the verge of bankruptcy. We can no longer believe that we are born into this world to accumulate wealth and abandon ourselves to mortal pleasures. We see the dangers and realize that we have been exploited for centuries. We were told the twentieth century was the most progressive that the world has ever known, but unfortunately the progression was in the direction of self-destruction.

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“Crossing the river by feeling the stones”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

摸着石头过河 (mō zhe shítou guòhé) <br class="br">Meaning: proceed gradually, by experimentation. <br class="br">Traditional saying, first used in Chinese Communist context by Chen Yun, 1980 December 16, then popularized by Deng 1984 October. Frequently misattributed to Deng. <br class="br">Misattributed or apocryphal <br class="br">Fonte: Henry He, Dictionary of the Political Thought of the People&#x27;s Republic of China, Routledge, 2016, ISBN 978-1-31550044-7, p. 287 https://books.google.com/books?id=XSi3DAAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PA287&amp;dq=%22cross%20the%20river%20by%20feeling%20the%20stones%22&amp;pg=PA287#v=onepage <br class="br">Fonte: Evan Osnos, Boom Doctor https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/11/boom-doctor, New Yorker, October 11, 2010:<br>The strategy, as Chen Yun put it, was “crossing the river by feeling for the stones.” (Deng, inevitably, received credit for the expression.) <br class="br">Fonte: Chinese land reform: A world to turn upside down https://www.economist.com/briefing/2013/10/31/a-world-to-turn-upside-down, The Economist, 2013 October 31<br>Liu Hongzhi, who oversees the scheme, quotes a famous phrase often attributed to Deng, though in fact coined by a colleague: “We are crossing the river by feeling the stones.”

Deng Xiaoping photo

“One Country, Two systems.”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

Actually coined by Mao Zedong, popularized by Deng Xiaoping
Misattributed or apocryphal

Deng Xiaoping photo

“Seek Truth from Facts”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

Actually from the Han Shu 《漢書·河間獻王劉德傳》, not coined by Mao Zedong nor by Deng Xiaoping, popularized by various people before them.
Misattributed or apocryphal

Deng Xiaoping photo
Deng Xiaoping photo

“When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

As quoted in Forbes, Vol. 176, Editions 7-13 (2005), p. 79

Deng Xiaoping photo

“A basic contradiction between socialism and the market economy does not exist.”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

As quoted in Daily report: People's Republic of China, Editions 240-249 (1993), p. 30
Interview, Time, 4 November 1985.
Variante: There are no fundamental contradictions between a socialist system and a market economy.

Deng Xiaoping photo

“To get rich is glorious!”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

Deng is commonly quoted with this phrase in western media but there is no proof that he actually said it<br>However, this phrase in Chinese is more accurately translated as &quot;&quot;wealth is glorious,&quot;&quot; where wealth can have a very general meaning, including knowledge, personal relationships, family: anything of value. Understood this way, the quote is not as directly controversial as a ideological/political statement, and so it is not hard to believe that he really did say this.<br><br>Source: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/689588251.html?dids=689588251:689588251&amp;FMT=ABS <br class="br">Misattributed or apocryphal

Deng Xiaoping photo

“Let some people get rich first.”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) Chinese politician, Paramount leader of China

&quot;Nanxun&quot; (Southern Tour) of 1992. Quoted in The Economist http://www.economist.com/node/639652 (31 May 2001). A summarization of several quotations from Deng Xiaoping, known in Chinese as, &quot;让一部分人先富起来&quot;, News of the Communist Party of China http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/34136/2569304.html World Development Report 2009 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkDE5CxAqHcC&amp;pg=PA73&amp;lpg=PA73&amp;dq=%22some+areas+must+get+rich+before+others%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ezli3nfD8W&amp;sig=ACfU3U2wto-q9C3waDTgnGgB2xLgodbruA&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X The Nanxun Legacy and China&#x27;s Development in the Post-Deng Era https://books.google.com/books?id=jDJqDQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA202&amp;dq=%22to+get+rich+first%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X. <br class="br">Misattributed or apocryphal

Deng Xiaoping photo

“Gato amarelo, gato preto, contanto que pegue ratos, é um gato bom.”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997)

em 1962, num discurso em uma reunião do Secretariado; na verdade é um provérbio Sichuan.
Mal atribuídas

Deng Xiaoping photo

“Não sei se Marx aprova tudo o que estamos fazendo aqui. Mas vou encontrar-me com ele no céu e conversaremos a respeito.”

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997)

Deng Xiaoping responsável pelo processo de abertura econômica da China, em 1986 <br class="br">Fonte: Revista Veja http://veja.abril.com.br/especiais/seculo20/vejaessa.html; Veja 2000 Especial