"Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service."

"The perfect state is one where men weep and rejoice over the same things."

"No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern."

"Justice, although it resembles a mirage, is really concerned with internal rather than external activity, with the true self and its business."