“It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value”

“The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it”

“What is reasonable is real; that which is real is reasonable.”

“Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.”

“Beauty and art, no doubt, pervade all business of life like a kindly genius, and form the bright adornment of all our surroundings, both mental and material, soothing the sadness of our condition and the embarrassments of real life, killing time in entertaining fashion, and where there’s nothing to be achieved, occupying the place of what is vicious, better, at any rate, than vice.”

“What makes comet wine so good is that the water-process detachesitself from the earth and thus brings about an altered state in theplanet.”

“When a father inquired about the best method of educating his son in ethical conduct, a Pythagorean replied: "Make him a citizen of a state with good laws”