Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails.

And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.

Our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness, provided the madness is given us by divine gift.

If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.

The god is the beautiful.

Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.

Music is moral law. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true and beautiful.