I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them

It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute beauty, and for no other reason. Do you accept this kind of causality?

Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.

Love is a great spirit. Everything spiritual is in between god and mortal.

Love is a madness produced by an unsatisfiable rational desire to understand the ultimate truth about the world.

The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.