There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.

Know that for the human mind there are certain objects of perception which are within the scope of its nature and capacity; on the other hand, there are, amongst things which actually exist, certain objects which the mind can in no way and by no means grasp: the gates of perception are closed against it.

Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.