What The Wise Seek Is In Themselves

Things Have Their Roots And Branches. Affairs Have Their Beginnings And Their Ends. To Know What Is First And What Is Last Will Lead One Near The Way.

I'd Rather Die For Speaking Out, Than To Live And Be Silent.

At Fifteen My Mind Was Directed To Study, And At Thirty I Knew Where To Stand.

Thought, Unassisted By Learning, Is Dangerous.

Every Piece Of Marble Has A Statue In It Waiting To Be Released By A Person Of Sufficient Skill To Chip Away The Unnecessary Parts. Just As The Sculptor Is To The Marble, So Is Education To The Soul. It Releases It. For Only Educated People Are Free People. You Cannot Create A Statue By Smashing The Marble With A Hammer, And You Cannot By The Force Of Arms Release The Spirit Or The Soul Of People.