Wisdom

Let your mind expand beyond limits, for it is in boundless curiosity that true wisdom is found.

The essence of philosophy is to question and contemplate the nature of existence.

True knowledge comes from seeking wisdom, not merely accumulation of information.

Do not be too quick to believe what others say without testing and examining it thoroughly.

Plants are as critical to our existence as the sun that gives us life.

Through beauty all men have the divine in them unfolded.

The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky. Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other; as has been said, 'Everything breathes together.'

Living an unexamined life is contrary to one's own best interests.

Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not find yourself beautiful yet, act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful: he cuts away here, he smoothes there, he makes this line lighter, this other purer, until a lovely face has grown upon his work. So do you also: cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labor to make all one glow of beauty and never cease chiseling your statue.

The life of the godly is not a life of rule, but a life of worth.

To be educated is to be free.

No man steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Man is a rational animal.

The virtuous man is self-sufficient; for all the goods of others are his.

Adopt your own philosophy, and stick to it at all times.

Convince yourself that you are working in harmony with nature.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

Well-being is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.