“He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.”

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.

Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Time is the moving image of reality.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

The first and best victory is to conquer self.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Man is a being in search of meaning.

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.

His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

I was ashamed of them and their ways of life. But now – yes, I love them; they are a part of my blood; they, with all their virtues and their faults, played a great part in forming my way of looking at life.

If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?

Don’t be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide.