Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.

Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.

Even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.

The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion.

Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Let no one destitute of geometry enter my doors.