Hermes Trismegistus Quotes & Sayings

If thou but settest foot on this path, thou shalt see it everywhere. — Hermes Trismegistus

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

The punishment of desire is the agony of unfulfillment — Hermes Trismegistus

Close your eyes and let the mind expand. Let no fear of death or darkness arrest its course. Allow the mind to merge with Mind. Let it flow out upon the great curve of consciousness. Let it soar on the wings of the great bird of duration, up to the very Circle of Eternity. — Hermes Trismegistus

But this discourse, expressed in our paternal language, keeps clear the meaning of its words. The very quality of speech and of the Egyptian words have in themselves the energy of the object they speak of.

Therefore, my king, in so far as you have the power (who are all powerful), keep the discourse uninterpreted, lest mysteries of such greatness come to the Greeks, lest the extravagant, flaccid and (as it were) dandified Greek idiom extinguish something stately and concise, the energetic idiom of usage. For the Greeks have empty speeches, O king, that are energetic only in what they demonstrate, and this is the philosophy of the Greeks, an inane foolosophy of speeches. We, by contrast, use not speeches but sounds that are full of action. (Chapter XVI) — Hermes Trismegistus

My discourse leads to the truth; the mind is great and guided by this teaching is able to arrive at some understanding. When the mind has understood all things and found them to be in harmony with what has been expounded by the teachings, it is faithful and comes to rest in that beautiful faith. — Hermes Trismegistus

O ye people, earth-born folk, ye who have given yourselves to drunkenness and sleep and ignorance of God, be sober now,cease from your surfeit, cease to be glamored by irrational sleep! — Hermes Trismegistus

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

The excellence of the soul is understanding; for the man who understands is conscious, devoted, and already godlike. — Hermes Trismegistus