The most important part of education is right training in the nursery. The soul of the child in his play should be trained to that sort of excellence in which, when he grows to manhood, he will have to be perfected.

Self conquest is the greatest of victories.

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

Our need will be the real creator.

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.

The right question is usually more important than the right answer.

The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.