Great love is born of great knowledge of the thing that is loved, and if you do not know it, you can love it little or not at all.

The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.

He who walks straight rarely falls.

King of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest — because thou hast spared slaying them, in order that they may give thee their children for the benefit of the gullet, of which thou hast attempted to make a sepulchre for all animals; and I would say still more, if it were allowed me to speak the entire truth.

He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily surroundings. If the dwelling is dirty and neglected, the body will be kept by its soul in the same condition, dirty and neglected.

If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind.

You don't get into trouble because of the things you don't know. It is the things you don't know you don't know that really get you into a mess.