When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

Topics: Plato Quotes

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

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

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

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

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

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

Life must be lived as play.

Life must be lived as play.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon...

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon...

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

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

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

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every...

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Redeem thy misspent time that's past, And live this day as if thy last

Redeem thy misspent time that's past, And live this day as if thy last

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth...

So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth...