I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

I know that I know nothing.

No one desires evil.

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

-- Marcus Aurelius

All art is erotic.

-- Gustav Klimt

He who would be tranquil should not undertake too many things, either private or public.

-- Democritus

Live unknown.

-- Epicurus

I don't feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning.

-- Tralalero Tralalá

Zen is not a system of dhyana as practised in India and by other Buddhist schools in China. It is a way of life.

-- D. T. Suzuki