"Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.”

“Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.”

“Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.”

“...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone.”

“Science must constantly be reminded that her purposes are not the only purposes and that the order of uniform causation which she has use for, and is therefore right in postulating, may be enveloped in a wider order, on which she has no claim at all.”

“Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.”

“Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.”

“Generally speaking, there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.”

“You are dreaming your thirst when the water you want is inside the big vein on your neck.”