Plato Quotes

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

Science is nothing but perception.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.

Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent", in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".

Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.

Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.

The right question is usually more important than the right answer.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

If we are to have any hope for the future, those who have lanterns must pass them on to others.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!

Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being

The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.

Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals

Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination.

Thinking is the soul talking to itself.

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with

A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.

To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.