I Do Not Know Whether There Are

When I Look Upon Seamen, Men Of Science And Philosophers, Man Is The Wisest Of All Beings; When I Look Upon Priests And Prophets Nothing Is As Contemptible As Man.

Antisthenes Used To Say That Envious People Were Devoured By Their Own Disposition, Just As Iron Is By Rust. Envy Of Others Comes From Comparing What They Have With What The Envious Person Has, Rather Than The Envious Person Realising They Have More Than What They Could Have And Certainly More Than Some Others And Being Grateful. It Is Really Just An Inability To Get A Correct Perspective On Their Lives.

I Am Not An Athenian Or A Greek, But A Citizen Of The World.

Nothing Can Be Produced Out Of Nothing.

The Sun, Too, Shines Into Cesspools And Is Not Polluted.