And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we cannot help concluding that it is in every case the source of all that is bright and beautiful -in the visible world giving birth to light and its master, and in the intellectual world dispensing, immediately and with full authority, truth and reason -and that whosoever would act wisely, either in private or in public, must set this Form of Good before his eyes.

Let him take heart who does advance, even in the smallest degree.

What essence is to generation, that truth is to belief.

Those having torches will pass them on to others.

Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.

To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.