Plato Quotes

“Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself.”

“Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.”

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

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”

“Ignorance is the root and stem of all evil.”

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

“Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.”

“There is no harm in repeating a good thing.”

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

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”

“Courage is a kind of salvation.”

“Death is not the worst that can happen to men.”

“No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.”

“He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.”

“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.”

“Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.”

“The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.”

“Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.”

“He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.”

“The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily.”

“Life must be lived as play.”

“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.”

“At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.”