“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
And
“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.”
And
“And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.”
And
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
And
“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.”
And
“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”
And
“I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.”
And
“Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.”
And
“Life must be lived as play.”
And
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
And
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
And
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
And
“If on the other hand I tell you that to let no day pass without discussing goodness and all the other subjects about which you hear me talking and examining both myself and others is really the very best thing that a man can do, and that life without this sort of examination is not worth living.”
And
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
And
“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”
And
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”
And
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
And
“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
And
“There is truth in wine and children”
And
“Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.”
And
“Those who tell the stories rule society.”
And
“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”
And
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
And
“Death is not the worst that can happen to men.”
And
“Character is simply habit long continued.”
Wikipedia: Plato
Raphael’s The School of Athens, 1509 – 1510, Vatican – Plato on left in red, Aristotle in blue on right
