Plato on direction
“We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.”
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The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
PlatoPlato Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind.
PlatoPlato Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
PlatoPlato Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty
PlatoPlato Let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.
PlatoPlato He was a wise man who invented God.
PlatoPlato Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.
PlatoPlato You should not honor men more than truth.
PlatoPlato Love is the pursuit of the whole.
PlatoPlato One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
PlatoPlato The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
PlatoPlato There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
PlatoPlato No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
PlatoPlato Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
PlatoPlato There is truth in wine and children.
PlatoPlato 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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It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
Simone WeilSimone Weil The husband provides direction; the wife, maintenance.
Myles MunroeMyles Munroe You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.
Robert GreeneRobert Greene We want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention.
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Langston HughesLangston Hughes The one who obey’s God’s instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow.
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