Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay. He is in love with the whole of that reality, and will not willingly be deprived even of the most insignificant fragment of it - just like the lovers and men of ambition we described earlier on.

The proud man is forsaken of God.