...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.

The beginning is half of the whole.

Any peace is better than any war

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

To a good man nothing that happens is evil.

Train children not by compulsion but as if they were playing.

Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.