Ancient Greek Philosophers

Poverty doesn’t come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.

—Plato

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

—Plato

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

—Plato

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

—Plato

There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.

—Plato

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

—Plato

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

—Plato

Stranger: There is a time when God guides the world in its course; and there is a time, on completing a cycle, when he lets go (Statesman)

—Plato

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

—Plato

The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

—Plato

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

—Plato

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

—Plato

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

—Plato

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

—Plato

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

—Plato

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

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

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

—Plato

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

—Plato

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

—Plato

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

—Plato

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

—Plato

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

—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

I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.

—Plato

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

—Plato

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

—Plato

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

—Plato

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

—Plato

Attention to health is life greatest hindrance.

—Plato