Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.

Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.

Those who don't know must learn from those who do.

Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…

Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.

The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me.

She raised her head and stared at the birds with him, caught in a web of awe and loneliness.

Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.

We see everything. We see what celebrities buy at the supermarket. It's ridiculous. It's that visibility. I'm confused by this whole celebrity-obsessed culture.

Born out of concern for all beings.

The Chinese government thinks China and the U.S. should develop a constructive relationship of cooperation.

Bring it on, Tinker Bell.

The federal government has never been known for its sense of humor.

The road comes to an end just when it ought to be getting somewhere. The passengers alight, shaken and weary, to begin, all over again, something else.