If the knowledge which we acquired before birth was lost to us at birth, and afterwords by the use of the senses we recovered that which we previously knew, will not that which we call learning be a process of recovering our knowledge, and may not this be rightly termed recollection by us? ...Then, Simmias, our souls must have existed before they were in the form of man—without bodies, and must have had intelligence. The Trials Of Socrates

You needn't listen to me; listen to the Logos [within]. When you do, you will agree that all things are One. Fragments

I speak what appears to me the general opinion; and where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. Mansfield Park

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson