All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change) bound opposites together in a unified tension, which is like that of a lyre, where a stable harmonious sound emerges from the tension of the opposing forces that arise from the bow bound together by the string.

Much learning does not teach sense.

From out of all the many particulars comes oneness, and out of oneness come all the many particulars.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

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

People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city s walls.

Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be ready for the unexpected. Change alone is unchanging. The same road goes both up and down. The beginning of a circle is also its end. Not I, but the world says it: all is one. And yet everything comes in season.