Parmenides

"The appearance of change results from our confused mixture of being and non-being."

"Only the necessary and immutable deserves the name of being."

"That which is cannot be divided, for division would create non-being."

"The fool follows the evidence of his eyes; the sage trusts his reason."

"Reality is one undifferentiated, eternal, unchanging sphere."

"To understand being is to grasp that it neither begins nor ceases."

"All becoming is deception; true knowledge concerns only eternal being."

"The ground of being is itself being—nothing more, nothing less."

"Those who see change see only the surface; the reality beneath is static."

"The path to wisdom requires the abandonment of common opinion."

"Being is kin to thought; what can be thought can be, and vice versa."

"The eternal and unchanging alone commands the respect of the philosopher."

"What appears to move and change is the testimony of false senses."

"Reality is complete, perfect, and requires nothing external to itself."

"The mind achieves truth by transcending the illusions of sensory experience."

"Being cannot come from what is not, for what is not has no power."

"The unity of all things in eternal being is the highest truth."

"Those who have not reasoned deeply about being remain enslaved to illusion."

"The very concept of change presupposes the impossible transition from being to non-being."

"To know truly is to know what is eternal, unchanging, and necessary."

"Being is what it is; it cannot be other than it is, now or ever."

"The wise recognize that motion, growth, and decay are contradictions in logic."

"Reality is a sphere; nothing extends beyond its perfect boundary."

"The search for truth demands the courage to question all received wisdom."

"Being is self-existent and owes its existence to no external cause."