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

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.

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

-- Marcus Aurelius

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

-- Iamblichus

Every unity either participates in the One or is itself the One.

-- Proclus

The soul is forever the mover of itself.

-- Proclus

All is number.

-- Pythagoras

The unexamined life is not worth living.

-- Socrates