"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discover the child's natural bent."
"Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love."
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet."
"Ideas are the source of all things"
"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life"