18 quotes found
“Character is destiny”
“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
“One thunderbolt strikesroot through everything”
“Give me one manfrom among ten thousandif he is the best”
“Applicants for wisdomdo what I have done:inquire within”
“Stupidity is doomed,therefore, to cringeat every syllableof wisdom.”
“Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.”
“To be evenminded is the greatest virtue.Wisdom is to speakthe truth and actin keeping with its nature.”
“Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.”
“Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things.”
“People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.”
“War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.”
“One must realize that war is common, and justice strife, and that all things come to be through strife and are (so) ordained.”
“Many who have learnedfrom Hesiod the countless namesof gods and monstersnever understandthat night and day are one”
“Always having what we wantmay not be the best good fortuneHealth seems sweetestafter sickness, foodin hunger, goodnessin the wake of evil, and at the endof daylong labor sleep.”
“Aion is a child at play, playing draughts; the kingship is a child's.”
“The Aeon is a child at play with colored balls.(translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna)”
“If they are gods, why do you lament them? If you lament them, you must no longer regard them as gods.”
