I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, that the living spring from the dead, and that the souls of the dead are in existence.

I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.

You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death they sing more merrily than before, because of the joy they have in going to the God they serve.

The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning, middle, and end of all things.

There is no learning without remembering.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.

How can you wonder your travels do you no good, when you carry yourself around with you?