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Psychology Quotes by Plato

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A student forced to memorize shows that knowledge gained under compulsion never sticks in the mind. Plato argues that learning should be free, without slavery or harsh drills, because true understanding comes from curiosity. He also says a generous mind is the highest form of nobility.

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“Handwriting is the shackle of the mind.”

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Music gives wings to the mind and flight to the imagination.

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Love is a severe mental disorder.

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Love is a serious mental disease.

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Music is to the mind as air is to the body...

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When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

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Love is a serious mental illness.

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Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

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The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.

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The graces once made up their mind - A shrine inviolate to find: And thus they found, and that with ease, The…

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

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Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

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If a man be endowed with a generous mind, this is the best kind of nobility.

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In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.

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All thought begins with the recognition that something is out of place.

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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly…

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“The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired…

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For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless…

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The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and…

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“I must go beyond the dark world of sense information to the clear brilliance of the sunlight of the outside world. Once…

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“The mind more often faints from the severity of study than from the severity of gymnastics: the toil is more entirely the…

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Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close…

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“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the…

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Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content…

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.. we shall not be properly educated ourselves, nor will the guardians whom we are training, until we can recognise the qualities…

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“Beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for…

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“Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm…

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Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not…

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“True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they…

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That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning…

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When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when…

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“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two…

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“You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender…

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Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two…

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“So when a man surrenders to the sound of music and lets its sweet, soft, mournful strains, which we have just described,…

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This alone is to be feared: the closed mind, the sleeping imagination, the death of spirit.

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“For he, Adeimantus, whose mind is fixed upon true being, has surely no time to look down upon the affairs of earth,…

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For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from…

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“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be…

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