Parmenides

"All things that are eternal share the nature of being."

"The universe is spherical because perfection is spherical."

"Being is necessity; becoming is the realm of opinion."

"To grasp the truth is to understand eternal being."

"Emptiness cannot exist; being fills all reality."

"The realm of becoming is the realm of false judgment."

"Only what is eternal and unchanging is truly real."

"Reason alone can touch the face of absolute being."

"What is perfect admits no change, no growth, no decay."

"The goddess reveals that all becoming is impossible."

"Being is whole and complete; nothing can be added or removed."

"All reality is bound by the laws of necessity."

"The path to truth is the path away from the senses."

"What is cannot be less or more than what it is."

"Being is eternal, unchanging, and infinitely perfect."

"The cosmos is a monument to the perfection of being."

"All becoming is logically impossible and therefore unreal."

"To understand is to grasp the eternal unity of being."

"The many are an illusion; the one alone is real."

"Being admits no past, no future, only an eternal present."

"Being is, and non-being is not; this is the path of conviction that attends upon truth."

"What is, is eternal and unchanging in its nature."

"The senses deceive us, but reason reveals the eternal."

"That which can be thought and that which can be are the same."

"Change is merely appearance; true reality is static and permanent."

"Mortals believe in coming into being and perishing, but the wise know better."

"The path of truth is narrow and must be pursued with unwavering dedication."

"Do not let the habit of the many lead you astray from the one true path."

"What exists cannot have come from nothing, nor can it pass into nothing."

"The universe is one continuous, indivisible whole."