To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.

He who has followed the path of love's initiation in the proper order will on arriving at the end suddenly perceive a marvelous beauty, the source of all our efforts

I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.

A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim.

And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment.

...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.