It is difficult to fight against anger; for a man will buy revenge with his soul.

Men who are lovers of wisdom [i.e., philosophers] must be inquirers into many things.

Of all whose words I have heard, no one attains to this, to know that wisdom is apart from all.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Even sleepers are workers and collaborators on what goes on in the universe.

No one can step twice into the same river, nor touch mortal substance twice in the same condition. By the speed of its change, it scatters and gathers again.

I see nothing but Becoming. Be not deceived! It is the fault of your limited outlook and not the fault of the essence of things if you believe that you see firm land anywhere in the ocean of Becoming and Passing. You need names for things, just as if they had a rigid permanence, but the very river in which you bathe a second time is no longer the same one which you entered before