Difficult Experiences

Physical beauty can bring about unforeseeable tragedies for the soul that lacks discernment.

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Excessive money is a door to pauperism, if the one who possess it cannot maintain his own balance.

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Too much comfort is a disadvantage, if one does not learn the art of detaching oneself from it.

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Prominence can be the introduction to a spectacular fall, if one does not mature ones reasoning.

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Too great an authority spoils the joy of living, if the mind does not cultivate a sense of proportion.

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Too heavy a responsibility can exterminate the existence of one who has, as yet, not risen above ordinary understanding.

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An enormous amount of knowledge in the midst of many ignorant, vulgar, or foolish people is a poisonous and bitter fruit, if the spirit still has not become resigned to solitude.

XAVIER, Francisco Cândido. Christian Agenda. By the Spirit André Luiz. Great Britain: Allan Kardec Publishing Ltd, 1998. Chapter 27.