Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen.…

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Like associates with like.

Like associates with like.

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The law in Athens is true in Rome

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands...

One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies and who understands...

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

For the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is...

Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe,...

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

Thrift is of great revenue.

Thrift is of great revenue.

By doubting we come at truth.

By doubting we come at truth.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.