Plato Quotes
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The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has in fact been followed throughout, the principle of one man one job, of minding one s own business , in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted and not interfering with other people.
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Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
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Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
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One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and decay.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them.
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To begin with the wine jar in learning the potter's art.
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He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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He who has knowledge of the just and the good and beautiful ... will not, when in earnest, write them in ink.
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Not by force shall the children learn, but through play.
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Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.
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Democracy does not contain any force which will check the constant tendency to put more and more on the public payroll. The state is like a hive of bees in which the drones display, multiply and starve the workers so the idlers will consume the food and the workers will perish.
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Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.
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Man was not made for himself alone.
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You must base the Wisdom on Love.
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Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul.
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'That is the story. Do you think there is any way of making them believe it?' ' Not in the first generation', he said, 'but you might succeed with the second and later generations.'
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God is truth and light his shadow.
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A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
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No man should be angry with what is true.
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As it is, lovers of inquiry must follow their beloved wherever it may lead.
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Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.