| Quote | Speaker | Source |
| The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. | |
| Can it profit any man in the light of this thought to accept gold unjustly if the result is to be that by the acceptance he enslaves the best part of himself to the worst? | |
| You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding | |
| He by some better element in himself forcibly keeps down other evil desires dwelling within | |
| After binding and stupefying the worthy shipmaster with mandragora or intoxication or otherwise, they take command of the ship, consume its stores, drinking and feasting | |
| Then we ought neither to requite wrong with wrong nor to do evil to anyone, no matter what he may have done to us. | |
| Well, do you think such a man would think much of the other cares of the body—I mean such as the possession of fine clothes and shoes and the other personal adornments? | |
| But, gentlemen, it is not hard to escape death; it is much harder to escape wickedness, for that runs faster than death. | |
| But I say to you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you | |
| Why do you call me good? No one is good except one - God | |
| After binding and stupefying the worthy shipmaster with mandragora or intoxication or otherwise, they take command of the ship, consume its stores, drinking and feasting | |
| But, gentlemen, it is not hard to escape death; it is much harder to escape wickedness, for that runs faster than death. | |
| Then in every way such prisoners would deem reality to be nothing else than the shadows of the artificial objects. | |
| Then we ought neither to requite wrong with wrong nor to do evil to anyone, no matter what he may have done to us. | |
| If the immortal is also imperishable, it is impossible for the soul to perish when death comes against it | |
| Human wisdom is of little or no value | |
| Can it profit any man in the light of this thought to accept gold unjustly if the result is to be that by the acceptance he enslaves the best part of himself to the worst? | |
| Well, do you think such a man would think much of the other cares of the body—I mean such as the possession of fine clothes and shoes and the other personal adornments? | |
| The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. | |
| He by some better element in himself forcibly keeps down other evil desires dwelling within | |
| Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's | |
| And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them | |
| Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on | |
| There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man | |
| But I say to you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you | |
| You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding | |
| Why do you call me good? No one is good except one - God | |
| Where I am going, you can't follow now, but you will follow afterwards | |
| So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly | |
| Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment | |