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Top 20 Hermes Trismegistus Quotes (2025 Update)

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “As above, so below. As within, so without.”

1. “As above, so below. As within, so without.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “The punishment of desire is the agony of unfulfillment.”

2. “The punishment of desire is the agony of unfulfillment.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “Birth is not the beginning of life – only of an individual awareness. Change into another state is not death – only the ending of this awareness.”

3. “Birth is not the beginning of life – only of an individual awareness. Change into another state is not death – only the ending of this awareness.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “Do you not know, Asclepius, that Egypt is an image of heaven or, to be more precise, that everything governed and moved in heaven came down to Egypt and was transferred there? If truth were told, our land is the temple of the whole world.”

4. “Do you not know, Asclepius, that Egypt is an image of heaven or, to be more precise, that everything governed and moved in heaven came down to Egypt and was transferred there? If truth were told, our land is the temple of the whole world.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “The present issues from the past, and the future from the present. Everything is made one by this continuity. Time is like a circle, where all the points are so linked that one cannot say where it begins or ends, for all points precede and follow one another for ever.”

5. “The present issues from the past, and the future from the present. Everything is made one by this continuity. Time is like a circle, where all the points are so linked that one cannot say where it begins or ends, for all points precede and follow one another for ever.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “No eyes will raise to heaven. The pure will be thought insane and the impure will be honoured as wise. The madman will be believed brave, and the wicked esteemed as good.”

6. “No eyes will raise to heaven. The pure will be thought insane and the impure will be honoured as wise. The madman will be believed brave, and the wicked esteemed as good.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “The hearer must be of one mind with the speaker, my son, and of one spirit as well; he must have hearing quicker than the speech of the speaker.”

7. “The hearer must be of one mind with the speaker, my son, and of one spirit as well; he must have hearing quicker than the speech of the speaker.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “Philosophy is nothing else than striving through constant contemplation and saintly piety to attain knowledge of God.”

8. “Philosophy is nothing else than striving through constant contemplation and saintly piety to attain knowledge of God.”

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

9. “The excellence of the soul is understanding; for the man who understands is conscious, devoted, and already godlike.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “Man is the most divine of all the beings, for amongst all living things, Atum associates with him only – speaking to him in dreams at night, foretelling the future for him in the flight of birds, the bowels of beasts, and the whispering oak.”

11. “Man is the most divine of all the beings, for amongst all living things, Atum associates with him only – speaking to him in dreams at night, foretelling the future for him in the flight of birds, the bowels of beasts, and the whispering oak.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “Humanity looked in awe upon the beauty and the everlasting duration of creation. The exquisite sky flooded with sunlight. The majesty of the dark night lit by celestial torches as the holy planetary powers trace their paths in the heavens in fixed and steady metre – ordering the growth of things with their secret infusions.”

13. “Humanity looked in awe upon the beauty and the everlasting duration of creation. The exquisite sky flooded with sunlight. The majesty of the dark night lit by celestial torches as the holy planetary powers trace their paths in the heavens in fixed and steady metre – ordering the growth of things with their secret infusions.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “For the sun is situated in the center of the cosmos, wearing it like a crown.”

14. “For the sun is situated in the center of the cosmos, wearing it like a crown.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “65. The generation of man is corruption; the corruption of man is the beginning of generation.”

15. “65. The generation of man is corruption; the corruption of man is the beginning of generation.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “This is what you must know: that in you which sees and hears is the word of the lord, but your mind is god the father; they are not divided from one another for their union is life.”

17. “This is what you must know: that in you which sees and hears is the word of the lord, but your mind is god the father; they are not divided from one another for their union is life.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “55. Nothing in Heaven is enslaved; nothing upon Earth is free.”

18. “55. Nothing in Heaven is enslaved; nothing upon Earth is free.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “Having made them rise, I became guide to my race, teaching them the words – how to be saved and in what manner – and I sowed the words of wisdom among them, and they were nourished from the ambrosial water.”

19. “Having made them rise, I became guide to my race, teaching them the words – how to be saved and in what manner – and I sowed the words of wisdom among them, and they were nourished from the ambrosial water.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “72. Things upon Earth, do not advantage those in Heaven; but all things in Heaven do profit and advantage all things upon Earth.”

20. “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

Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “74. The Earth is brutish; the Heaven is reasonable or rational.”

21. “74. The Earth is brutish; the Heaven is reasonable or rational.”

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Hermes Trismegistus Quote: “Such a person does not cease longing after insatiable appetites, struggling in the darkness without satisfaction. This tortures him and makes the fire grow upon him all the more.”

22. “Such a person does not cease longing after insatiable appetites, struggling in the darkness without satisfaction. This tortures him and makes the fire grow upon him all the more.”

— Hermes Trismegistus

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