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20 Powerful Philosophy Quotes of "plato"

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1. "The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

- Plato

2. "Human behavior flows from three main sources:

desire, emotion, knowledge."

- Plato

3. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

- Plato

4. "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."

- Plato

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

- Plato

6. "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

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

- Plato

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

- Plato

9. "Love is a serious mental disease."

- Plato

10. "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".

- Plato

11. "The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile."

– Plato

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

- Plato

13. "Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being."

- Plato

14. "In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity.

Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together.

With these means, man can attain perfection."

- Plato

15. "Courage is knowing what not to fear."

- Plato

16. "People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die."

- Plato

17. "Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."

- Plato

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

- Plato

19. "Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil."

- Plato

20. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something."

- Plato

Study mathematics to understand physics.

Study physics to understand chemistry.

Study chemistry to understand biology.

Study biology to understand psychology.

Study psychology to understand economics.

Study economics and philosophy to be free.

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