Corpus Hermeticum Quotes

“The punishment of desire is the agony of unfulfillment”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Poimandres

“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.”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander

“80. What is God? The immutable or unalterable good.
81. What is man? An unchangeable evil.”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander

“65. The generation of man is corruption; the corruption of man is the beginning of generation.”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander

“74. The Earth is brutish; the Heaven is reasonable or rational.”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander

“55. Nothing in Heaven is enslaved; nothing upon Earth is free.”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander

“72. Things upon Earth, do not advantage those in Heaven; but all things in Heaven do profit and advantage all things upon Earth.”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander

“76. Heaven is the first element.”
― Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander