25 Inspirational quotes by Plato
PLATO QUOTES
2. Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
3.The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
4. A good decision
is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
5. For a man to
conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
6. The beginning is the most important part of the work.
7. Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
8.There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
9.There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
10.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.
11.The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
12.Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
13.Man - a being in search of meaning.
Plato
14.I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
15. No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.
16.Necessity... the mother of invention.
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17.He who is of 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.
18. Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
19. We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
20. The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.
21.Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
22.The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
23. Courage is knowing what not to fear.
24. Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.
25.A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.