For there is no higher religion than the Truth.

The visible world was only an imperfect reflection of the Ideal, which the Philosopher sought to transcend.

All gods are one god.

I never left you; I never will leave you. While life lasts, and beyond, I am here.

There is no sorrow like the memory of love and the knowledge that it is gone forever.

On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight

We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex