It Was Through The Feeling Of Wonder

The Vigorous Are No Better Than The Lazy During One Half Of Life, For All Men Are Alike When Asleep.

The Young Are Permanently In A State Resembling Intoxication.

And This Activity Alone Would Seem To Be Loved For Its Own Sake; For Nothing Arises From It Apart From The Contemplating, While From Practical Activities We Gain More Or Less Apart From The Action. And Happiness Is Thought To Depend On Leisure; For We Are Busy That We May Have Leisure, And Make War That We May Live In Peace.

The Aim Of The Wise Is Not To Secure Pleasure, But To Avoid Pain.

To Thales The Primary Question Was Not What Do We Know, But How Do We Know It.