Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Man is the plumeless genus of bipeds, birds are the plumed.

The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods. More than any other thing that pertains to the body it partakes of the nature of the divine.

Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.

Harmony sinks deep into the recesses of the soul and takes its strongest hold there, bringing grace also to the body & mind as well. Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. It is the essence of order.

Observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.

I can show you that the art of calculation has to do with odd and even numbers in their numerical relations to themselves and to each other.