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Gospel According to Thomas

By Jesus

Quotes from Gospel According to Thomas

“Death is not the enemy. Live life in joy and welcome death in peace.”

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“Every person creates his own world, according to that which he fears and that which he loves”

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Themes: Love Fear

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“He who drinks from my mouth will become as I am and I shall be he.”

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Themes: Sacred World

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“He who takes up the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that evil can be overcome by evil, or violence by violence?”

Chapters: 30. No War

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“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”

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Themes: True Self

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“If you say that the abode of the Gods is in the sky, the birds will arrive there before you. If you say it is in the sea, the fish will arrive there before you. Know that the heavenly realm is both inside you and outside you, and you will know that which is outside by that which is inside.”

Chapters: 16. Returning to the Root, Meditation

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“in the beginning the Eloheim created mortals male and female; they were one body, perfectly united and absolutely equal…. when you are redeemed from the Fall, male and female will cease to exist, you will become a perfect whole, accomplishing a single work.”

Chapters: 39. Oneness

Themes: Marriage Oneness

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“Mortals go to war so that they can inherit dust, their vision distorted by the lie that they value which is nothing.”

Chapters: 69. No Enemy

Themes: War Lies

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“On Golden Rule:
Repay wrongs with the Power of Goodness;
Love your brother and sister as your soul;
protect them as you do the pupils of your eyes.”

Chapters: 63. Easy as Hard

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“Purify your own hearts, and the world will become pure.”

Chapters: 28. Turning Back

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“Search the Light within your souls, for there will you find the reality of all things.”

Chapters: 33. Know Yourself

Themes: Know Yourself

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“The ordinary, isolated intellect, no matter how brilliant or inspired, has not the energy to command our thoughts, words, impulses, memories and experiences in a way that conforms to truth and the Good.”

Chapters: 70. Inscrutable

Themes: Truth

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“The people of this generation revere the dead prophets while rejecting the living ones. It has been so in every generation. The children of those who persecute you will build monuments to your memory.”

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Themes: Crazy Wisdom

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“The person who desires to rise above all things must descend below all things”

Chapters: 66. Go Low

Themes: Humility

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“The person who knows not himself, is poor in Spirit, for he is his own poverty.”

Chapters: 33. Know Yourself

Themes: Know Yourself

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“Unless you become like little children, you cannot know the meaning of Life, for your minds must be cleared of the falsehoods of this realm if you are to be taught Eternal Truth.”

Chapters: 55. Forever Young

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“When the outer has become as the inner, and the lower as the upper, then will this world find peace.”

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Quotes about Gospel According to Thomas (2 quotes)

“...the Bible is probably the most genocidal book in the literary canon.”

Noam Chomsky 1928 CE –

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“just like other great works of fiction, such as Don Quixote, War and Peace, and the Harry Potter books... much of the Bible may be fictional, but it can still bring joy to billions and can still encourage humans to be compassionate, courageous, and creative... billions of people have believed in these stories for thousands of years. Some fake news lasts forever.”

Yuval Harari יובל נח הררי‎ 1976 CE –
Israeli historian, professor, and philosopher

from 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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