Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
I have tried sedulously not to laugh at the acts of man, nor to lament them, nor to detest them, but to understand them.
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
Ceremonies are no aid to blessedness.
Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
The mind has greater power over the emotions, and is less subject thereto, insofar as it understands all things to be necessary.