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

And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.

The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

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 fairest harmony springs from discord.