Ideas are the source of all things.
PLATODo 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.
More Plato Quotes
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Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
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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.
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Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.
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Character is simply habit long continued.
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If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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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 mind.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
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