Philosophy Quotes

"The soul's pleasure exceeds the body's pleasure in both duration and intensity."

"All things return to the one. The one returns to all things."

"Do nothing and nothing remains undone."

"Language is a poor substitute for silence."

"To grasp, one must first release."

"All things are bound together in a cosmic unity that reason alone can comprehend."

"The contemplative mind is richer than any material possession."

"The will is like fire and reason like water; water extinguishes fire."

"When the superior man acts, he acts from within; when the inferior man acts, he acts from without."

"The scholar pursues truth; the merchant pursues profit; but the sage pursues peace."

"The way of the superior man is like the compass; it always points to true north."

"Everything is full of gods."

"The gods love the obscure and hate the obvious."

"Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy."

"The life of the philosopher is a journey toward tranquility, not excitement."

"The beginning of all philosophy is the desire to understand why we suffer."

"The body's needs are finite and easily satisfied; the mind's wants are infinite."

"The path up and down are one and the same."

"All things come into being in accordance with this Logos."

"The road up and down is one and the same."

"The path to the sky is the same as the path to the earth."

"For those awake, the world is one."

"Those who hear me must also understand that all is one."

"We are and we are not."

"The way of man is not the way of the gods."

"The logos is common to all things."

"The world order is neither created nor destroyed, only changed."

"The greatness of the mind is measured by the depth of thought."

"A hidden harmony is better than an obvious one."

"What seems contradictory may be complementary."