Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
PLATOLove is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
More Plato Quotes
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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
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Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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The first and best victory is to conquer self.
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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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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.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
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Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
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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.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance.
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Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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Man is a being in search of meaning.
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There is truth in wine and children.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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No human thing is of serious importance.
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Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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Knowledge is the food of the soul.
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Time is the moving image of reality.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.
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Writing is the geometry of the soul.
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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.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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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.
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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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