"Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen." —Anaxagoras
Ancient Wisdom
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Sage goes in all fields.
"The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature." —Zeno
"The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately." —Seneca
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little." —Plato
"Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing." —Seneca
"All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue." —Plato
"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit." —Aristotle
"Don’t be overheard complaining…not even to yourself." —Marcus Aurelius
"It is essential that we not respond impulsively… take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control." —Epictetus
"Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow." —Plato
"Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?" —Marcus Aurelius
"Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that make him sick." —Hippocrates
"The problem creates the solution. What stands in the way becomes the way." —Marcus Aurelius
"The only thing I know is that I know nothing." —Socrates
"Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light." —Thales
"As fire tests gold, so misfortunate tests brave men." —Seneca
"One man is worth thousand if he is extraordinary." —Heraclitus
"What then is that which is able to conduct a man? One thing and only one, philosophy." —Marcus Aurelius
"There is truth in wine and children." —Plato, Phaedrus
"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." —Seneca