I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am going to other gods who are wise and good (of this I am as certain as I can be of any such matters), and to men departed who are better than those whom I leave behind. And therefore I do not grieve as I might have done, for I have good hope that there is yet something remaining for the dead.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.

Often when looking at a mass of things for sale, he would say to himself, 'How many things I have no need of!'

If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men.