The philosopher must be the priest of the god who is over all things.

Strive to become a lover of learning rather than one who has merely learned a great deal.

All things are in all things, but in each in the way that suits its own nature.

People seek retreats in the country, by the sea, in the mountains — but you can retire into yourself whenever you choose.

-- Marcus Aurelius

You will not find thinking apart from Being, in which it is expressed.

-- Parmenides

All is number.

-- Pythagoras

The unexamined life is not worth living.

-- Socrates

There is no envy in the good.

-- Plato

When the soul turns toward itself, it turns at the same time toward the divine.

-- Iamblichus