To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.

Who knows if to live is to be dead, and to be dead, to live? And we really, it may be, are dead; in fact I once heard sages say that we are now dead, and the body is our tomb.

wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state

Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know. When we first start facing truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives. But if you continue to seek truth, you will eventually be able to handle it better. In fact, you want more! It's true that many people around you now may think you are weird or even a danger to society, but you don't care. Once you've tasted the truth, you won't ever want to go back to being ignorant

The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.