If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility. — Plato Copy Share Image
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds. — Plato Copy Share Image
The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus they found, and that with ease, The… — Plato Copy Share Image
The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion. — Plato Copy Share Image
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind. — Plato Copy Share Image
This alone is to be feared: the closed mind, the sleeping imagination, the death of spirit. — Plato Copy Share Image
For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two… — Plato Copy Share Image
Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“For he, Adeimantus, whose mind is fixed upon true being, has surely no time to look down upon the affairs of earth,… — Plato Copy Share Image
For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for… — Plato Copy Share Image
Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content… — Plato Copy Share Image
.. we shall not be properly educated ourselves, nor will the guardians whom we are training, until we can recognise the qualities… — Plato Copy Share Image
When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when… — Plato Copy Share Image
'But surely "blind" is just how you would describe men who have no true knowledge of reality, and no clear standard in… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It's not at all uncommon to find a person's desires compelling him to go against his reason, and to see him cursing… — Plato Copy Share Image
“True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they… — Plato Copy Share Image
“You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender… — Plato Copy Share Image
Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two… — Plato Copy Share Image
“So when a man surrenders to the sound of music and lets its sweet, soft, mournful strains, which we have just described,… — Plato Copy Share Image
In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak. — Plato Copy Share Image
The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
“I must go beyond the dark world of sense information to the clear brilliance of the sunlight of the outside world. Once… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The mind more often faints from the severity of study than from the severity of gymnastics: the toil is more entirely the… — Plato Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls. — Plato Copy Share
“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is… — Plato Copy Share
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at… — Plato Copy Share
“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of… — Plato Copy Share
Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to… — Plato Copy Share
For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm… — Plato Copy Share
“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable… — Plato Copy Share
We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men… — Plato Copy Share
