‘The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.’ – Thales

‘There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.’ – Thales

‘Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.’ – Thales

‘Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.’ – Thales

‘God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.’ – Thales

‘Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.’ – Thales

‘The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.’ – Thales

‘There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.’ – Thales

‘Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.’ – Thales

‘Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.’ – Thales

‘God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.’ – Thales

‘Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.’ – Thales

‘Necessity is the strongest of things, for it rules everything.’ – Thales