“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”

There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.

I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.

Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Time is the moving image of reality.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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.

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

The first and best victory is to conquer self.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Man is a being in search of meaning.

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.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.

We aim to achieve general progress in relations between North Korea and Japan.

The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.

Don’t focus on what you think you deserve. Take aim at what you are willing to earn.

Japan should aim at is a society in which the efforts of people are rewarded.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

My motto is: Always get even. When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades.

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.

Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.