The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets.

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.

What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world which we shall call true philosophy.

That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning minds around. It shouldn't be the art of implanting sight in the organ, but should proceed on the understanding that the organ already has the capacity, but is improperly aligned and isn't facing the right way.

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

Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his own.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, you cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.