The Four Principles

GA 265/the_four_principles/p012 ·1906-06-26 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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Therefore, the best way to lose power is to talk a lot. That is why in the Brotherhoods in the past there was no talk at all of occult powers. Those who talk about it a lot lose some of the power they seek. Hence the power of silence. When man prattles, he must think twice.

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