"He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections." Metamorphosis and Other Stories

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

The measure of a person's disposition is this: ... how great is the distance between his understanding and his actions. Basically we all understand the highest. A child, the simplest person, and the wisest all understand the highest. ... But what makes the difference is whether we understand it at a distance—so that we do not act accordingly, or close at hand—so that we act accordingly and "cannot do otherwise." Works of Love

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable. Seneca's Morals