Be kind, (Plato)

for

everyone

you

meet

is

fighting

harder

battle.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart hispers back. !hose ho ish to sing al ays find a song. "t the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. (Plato) #e can easily forgive a child afraid (Plato) ho is afraid of the dark$ the real tragedy of life is of the hen men are light.

!he price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. (Plato) %nly (Plato) the dead have seen the end of ar.

&o not train a child to learn by force or harshness$ but direct them to it by hat amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover ith accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each. (Plato)

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself. (Plato) You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato) Love is (Plato, Phaedrus) a serious mental disease.

ne of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. (Plato) !ever discourage anyone..."ho continually ma#es progress, no matter ho" slo". (Plato) good people do not need la"s to tell them to act responsibly, "hile bad people "ill find a "ay around the la"s (Plato) There is truth (Plato, Symposium/Phaedrus) in "ine and children

$ #no" not ho" $ may seem to others, but to myself $ am but a small child "andering upon the vast shores of #no"ledge, every no" and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself

"ith. (Plato) $gnorance, (Plato) the root and stem of every evil.

%ccording to gree# mythology, humans "ere originally created "ith & arms, & legs and a head "ith t"o faces. 'earing their po"er, (eus split them into t"o separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. (Plato) The (Plato) $)m (Plato) Those (Plato) "ho tell the stories rule society. madness trying of to love thin#, is the don)t greatest confuse of me heaven)s "ith blessings facts.

$f "omen are e*pected to do the same "or# as men, "e must teach them the same things. (Plato, The Republic) +uman behavior flo"s from three main sources, desire, emotion, and #no"ledge. (Plato) -hen (Plato) men spea# ill of thee, live so that nobody "ill believe them.

There are three classes of men. lovers of "isdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. (Plato) The (Plato) measure is of a man our is children "hat to he desire does the "ith right po"er. things.

/ducation (Plato)

teaching

$ am the "isest man alive, for $ #no" one thing, and that is that $ #no" nothing. (Plato, The Republic) +o" can you prove "hether at this moment "e are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream. or "hether "e are a"a#e, and tal#ing to one another in the "a#ing state0 (Plato)

$n politics "e presume that everyone "ho #no"s ho" to get votes #no"s ho" to administer a city or a state. -hen "e are ill... "e do not as# for the handsomest physician, or the most elo1uent one. (Plato) 'ourage is kno ing hat not to fear. Plato (ou should not honor men more than truth. Plato !here are t o things a person should never be angry at, hat they can help, and hat they cannot. Plato ...and hen one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, hether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an ama)ement of love and friendship and intimacy and one ill not be out of the other*s sight, as + may say, even for a moment... Plato, The Symposium &eath is not the orst that can happen to men. Plato ,usical innovation is full of danger to the -tate, for hen modes of music change, the la s of the -tate al ays change ith them. Plato, Plato's Republic: The Theatre of the Mind !he beginning is the most important part of the ork. Plato, The Republic .ecessity is the mother of invention. Plato 'haracter is simply habit long continued. Plato E/cellence0 is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. #e do not act 0rightly0 because e are 0e/cellent0, in fact e achieve 0e/cellence0 by acting 0rightly0. Plato (ou*re my -tar, a starga)er too, and + ish that + ere 1eaven, ith a billion eyes to look at you2 Plato

3ood actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. Plato !he ob4ect of education is to teach us to love hat is beautiful. Plato, The Republic !he soul takes nothing ith her to the ne/t orld but her education and her culture. "t the beginning of the 4ourney to the ne/t orld, one*s education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person ho has 4ust died. Plato, The Republic of Plato People are like dirt. !hey can either nourish you and help you gro can stunt your gro th and make you ilt and die. Plato 5ove is the pursuit of the hole. Plato " hero is born among a hundred, a ise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. Plato "n empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least it are the greatest babblers. Plato !he greatest ealth is to live content ith little. Plato 6if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a hole, and does not love part of it to the e/clusion of the rest. Plato, The Republic and Other Works " house that has a library in it has a soul. Plato .o man should bring children into the orld ho is un illing to persevere to the end in their nature and education. Plato #riting is the geometry of the soul. Plato as a person or they

Bodily e/ercise, hen compulsory, does no harm to the body$ but kno ledge hich is ac7uired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato, The Republic "ny man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. Plato !o be afraid of death is only another form of thinking that one is ise hen one is not$ it is to think that one kno s hat one does not kno . .o one kno s ith regard to death heather it is not really the greatest blessing that can happen to man$ but people dread it as though they ere certain it is the greatest evil.0 8!he 5ast &ays of -ocrates Plato Books are immortal sons defying their sires. Plato Poets utter great and ise things hich they do not themselves understand. Plato 9or this feeling of onder sho s that you are a philosopher, since onder is the only beginning of philosophy. Plato, Theaetetus Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder Plato 5ove is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the hole. Plato, The Symposium !he soul takes flight to the orld that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever d ells in paradise. Plato ,an is a being in search of meaning. Plato "t the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. Plato !here is in every one of us, even those ho seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, ild, and la less. Plato, The Republic %f all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable. Plato

"ccording to 3reek ,ythology, humans ere originally created ith four arms, four legs and a head ith t o faces. 9earing their po er, :eus split them into t o separate beings, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. Plato, The Symposium + ould teach children music, physics, and philosophy$ but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning Plato !he man ho finds that in the course of his life he has done a lot of rong often akes up at night in terror, like a child ith a nightmare, and his life is full of foreboding; but the man ho is conscious of no rongdoing is filled ith cheerfulness and ith the comfort of old age. Plato, The Republic and Other Works ,an...is a tame or civili)ed animal$ never the less, he re7uires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civili)ed$ but if he be insufficiently or ill8 educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures. Plato !he first and best victory is to con7uer self Plato + thought to myself; + am iser than this man$ neither of us probably kno s anything that is really good, but he thinks he has kno ledge, hen he has not, hile +, having no kno ledge, do not think + have. Plato, Apology 9alse ords are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul ith evil. Plato Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. Plato .o ealth can ever make a bad man at peace ith himself Plato 1e as a ise man ho invented 3od. Plato !hose ho are able to see beyond the shado s and lies of their culture ill never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses. Plato "ll is flu/, nothing stays still Plato

"ll + really kno Plato

is the e/tent of my o n ignorance

.o human thing is of serious importance. Plato +n practice people ho study philosophy too long become very odd birds, not to say thoroughly vicious$ hile even those ho are the best of them are reduced by... <philosophy= to complete uselessness as members of society. Plato, Plato's Republic: The Theatre of the Mind !he society e have described can never gro into a reality or see the light of day, and there ill be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear 3laucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers become rulers in this orld, or till those e no call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political po er and philosophy thus come into the same hands. Plato, Plato's Republic Either e shall find hat it is e are seeking or at least e shall free ourselves from the persuasion that e kno hat e do not kno . Plato, The Republic 1ave you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies> Plato, The Republic ?no ledge hich is ac7uired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. !herefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement$ you ill then be better able to discover the child*s natural bent. Plato 1o could they see anything but the shado s if they ere never allo ed to move their heads> Plato, The Allegory of the a!e + have hardly ever kno n a mathematician ho Plato +s there a perfect orld> Plato Everything that deceives may be said to enchant. Plato as capable of reasoning.

#hen there is an income ta/, the 4ust man ill pay more and the un4ust less on the same amount of income. Plato " dog has the soul of a philosopher. Plato #hen the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by con7uest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them then he is al ays stirring up some ary or other in order that the people may re7uire a leader. Plato 5ack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being Plato !ime is the moving image of reality Plato Philosophy is the highest music. Plato !rue friendship can e/ist only bet een e7uals. Plato Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity Plato hat if the man could see Beauty +tself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,...the man becoming in that communion, the friend of 3od, himself immortal$... ould that be a life to disregard> Plato, The Symposium But "bove all things truth beareth a ay the victory Plato #ise men talk because they have something to say$ 9ools, because they have to say something. Plato a life ithout investigation is not orth living Plato, Apology" rito"Phaedo 5ove is born into every human being$ it calls back the halves of our original nature together$ it tries to make one out of t o and heal the ound of human nature. Plato, The Symposium

%nly a philosopher*s mind gro s ings, since its memory al ays keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to hich the gods are divine. Plato, Phaedrus ... hen he looks at Beauty in the only ay that Beauty can be seen 8 only then ill it become possible for him to give birth not to images of virtue (because he*s in touch ith no images), but to true virtue <arete= (because he is in touch ith true Beauty). !he love of the gods belongs to anyone ho has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it ould be he. Plato, The Symposium 9or to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves ise ithout really being ise, for it is to think that e kno hat e do not kno . 9or no one kno s hether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man. Plato, Apology +deas are the source of all things Plato #e are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time$ e*re looking in all directions e/cept at the thing e ant, hich is probably hy e haven*t found it. Plato !he direction in hich education starts a man ill determine his future life Plato ,an is a prisoner ho has no right to open the door of his prison and run a ay... " man should ait, and not take his o n life until 3od summons him. Plato, Phaedrus ,en of "thens, + honor and love you$ but + shall obey 3od rather than you, and hile + have life and strength + shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy... @nderstand that + shall never alter my ays, not even if + have to die many times. Plato, Apology of Socrates: An #nterpretation $ith a %e$ Translation 5et parents then be7ueath to their children not riches but the spirit of reverence. Plato "stronomy compels the soul to look up ards and leads us from this orld to another. Plato let the speaker speak truly and the 4udge decide 4ustly. Plato, Plato #: &uthyphro' Apology' rito' Phaedo' Phaedrus'

"ll learning has an emotional base. Plato 1onesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty Plato !he soul of man is immortal and imperishable. Plato !he man deserved his fate, deny it ho can$ yes, but the fate did not deserve the man. Plato !hen the lover, ho is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love. Plato Be kind, becuae everyone is having a really hard time. Plato