Anaxagoras

"Nothing comes into being or passes away, but existing things are mixed or separated."

"The Greeks are wrong to recognize coming into being and passing away."

"We must look to the phenomena of nature to understand the nature of mind."

"What appears to be white to us may be black to another."

"The seeds of all things are contained in the air and ether."

"Intelligence directs all things and gives them their forms."

"In everything there is a portion of everything."

"The sun is not divine, but only a stone heated by friction."

"Perception is not knowledge, but only the beginning of knowledge."

"Things that are seen are only shadows of things unseen."

"The greatest wealth is wisdom and virtue."

"We must distinguish between what we believe we see and what we truly perceive."

"The universe is ordered by mind, not by chance."

"To understand nature, we must look beyond mere appearances."

"The eye deceives, but the mind perceives truth."

"All motion is caused by the ordering power of mind."

"The same substance appears different to different observers."

"Mind is eternal and infinite, existing before all things."

"We must use reason to penetrate the veil of appearances."

"The mind alone can distinguish between truth and illusion."

"Nature operates according to rational principles we must discover."

"Gold cannot be created from base metals, only rearranged."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the highest human activity."

"What we call creation is merely the mixing of eternal substances."

"Mind is both the cause and the purpose of all existence."

"Observe carefully what nature reveals to those who study it."

"The finest achievements come from the application of mind to matter."

"We are deceived by our senses but guided by our reason."

"The cosmos is infinite in extent but ordered by intelligence."

"Nothing is truly lost, only transformed into new forms."