The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.

Dogs, also, bark at what they do not know.

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

Presumption must be quenched even more than a fire.

Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending, both before they have heard it and when once they have heard it. For although all things happen according to this Logos, they [men] are like people of no experience, even when they experience such words and deeds as I explain, when I distinguish each thing according to its constitution and declare how it is; but the rest of men fail to notice what they do after they wake up just as they forget what they do when asleep.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day.

It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.