The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

Renouncing the honors at which the world aims, I desire only to know the truth... and to the maximum of power, I exhort all other men to do the same.

Love is a madness produced by an unsatisfiable rational desire to understand the ultimate truth about the world.

According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth.

A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well.

The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods.