Famous Quotes by Plato

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”

Plato

“Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.”

Plato

“Man is a being in search of meaning.”

Plato

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”

Plato

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

Plato

“The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.”

Plato

“Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.”

Plato

“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”

Plato

“Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.”

Plato

“He was a wise man who invented God.”

Plato

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

Plato

No one can be trusted absolutely; even the best of men can deceive.

Plato