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.

All is number.

-- Pythagoras

A great epoch demands a great art.

-- Amedeo Modigliani

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

-- Parmenides

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

-- Marcus Aurelius

All the natural movements of the soul are governed by laws analogous to those of physical gravity. Grace alone is the exception.

-- Simone Weil

Philosophy is the knowledge of beings qua beings.

-- Farabi