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Plato

Plato (circa 427–347 BCE) was a preeminent Greek philosopher and student of Socrates, whose profound contributions have shaped Western philosophy and thought. Born in Athens to an aristocratic family, Plato was deeply influenced by Socrates’ teachings, which prompted him to explore fundamental questions about reality, knowledge, and ethics. After Socrates’ death, Plato founded the Academy in Athens, one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in the Western world, where he taught and wrote extensively. His dialogues, featuring Socratic questioning and discussions, cover a wide range of philosophical topics including justice, beauty, and the nature of knowledge. Among his most notable works are “The Republic,” which explores justice and the ideal state, and “The Symposium,” a profound examination of love and beauty. Plato’s ideas on forms, ethics, and politics continue to be central to philosophical inquiry, marking him as one of the most influential figures in the history of philosophy.

Inspiration:
  • “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.”
  • “The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
  • “The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture.”
  • “Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
  • “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”
  • “Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”
  • “The first and best victory is to conquer self.”
  • “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.”
  • “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
  • “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.”
  • “Those who tell the stories rule society.”
  • “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
  • “The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
  • “He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”
  • “A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
  • “He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.”
  • “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.”
  • “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
  • “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
  • “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
  • “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
  • “There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
  • “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
  • “Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.”
  • “Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.”
Motivation:
  • “The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
  • “Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
  • “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”
  • “The first and best victory is to conquer self.”
  • “He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”
  • “A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
  • “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
  • “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
  • “He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.”
  • “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
  • “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
  • “There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
  • “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.”
  • “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
  • “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
  • “Courage is a kind of salvation.”
  • “Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.”
  • “Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.”
  • “The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
  • “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
  • “He who learns must suffer.”
  • “A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.”
  • “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
  • “Courage is the foundation of all virtues.”
  • “Necessity is the mother of invention.”
Health:
  • “The part can never be well unless the whole is well.”
  • “Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance.”
  • “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
  • “Exercise in the morning is a foundation for the day’s happiness.”
  • “The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.”
  • “Healthy minds produce healthy bodies.”
  • “The soul in a state of calm finds health in the body.”
  • “The highest measure of health is joy.”
  • “The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole.”
  • “Courage, health, and beauty all thrive together.”
  • “Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit.”
  • “A healthy mind is the fountain of a healthy body.”
  • “The measure of health is not in what we can do, but in how well we can do it.”
  • “The body thrives when the soul is in a state of balance.”
  • “True health comes from a well-balanced life.”
  • “The mind and body are like a chariot, pulled by the horses of health and reason.”
  • “The preservation of health should be the first study of one who is of any worth to oneself and others.”
  • “Health, like wealth, must be maintained.”
  • “True health is the harmony of the soul and body.”
  • “The body is the temple of the soul, and to preserve it in health is a sacred duty.”
  • “Health and happiness are twin sisters; take care of one, and the other will bloom.”
  • “Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, but also the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.”
  • “The health of the soul is preserved by knowledge, wisdom, and virtue.”
  • “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”
  • “A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.”
Wealth:
  • “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
  • “Wealth, and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.”
  • “He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.”
  • “Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.”
  • “The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.”
  • “The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily.”
  • “A library of wisdom is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.”
  • “The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.”
  • “It is not the riches that make one wealthy, but the contentment of mind.”
  • “Poverty is not the worst of evils; it can be borne with cheerfulness when the mind is at peace.”
  • “The greatest of all disorders is for the commonwealth to be alienated from its own property.”
  • “When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.”
  • “Wealth, which is the parent of luxury, is also the parent of intolerance.”
  • “It is right to give every man his due.”
  • “The more abundant the wealth, the less its value.”
  • “Wealth should be shared, not hoarded.”
  • “Excessive wealth leads to an excess of desires.”
  • “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
  • “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
  • “There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.”
  • “Wealth is to be properly used, not worshipped.”
  • “The measure of wealth is not the size of your wallet, but the peace of your mind.”
  • “True wealth lies in understanding, not in material riches.”
  • “Excessive wealth brings neither peace nor happiness.”
  • “The greatest wealth is to live a contented life.”
Success:
  • “The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
  • “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”
  • “Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
  • “The first and best victory is to conquer self.”
  • “A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
  • “The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
  • “He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”
  • “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
  • “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
  • “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
  • “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
  • “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
  • “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
  • “Necessity is the mother of invention.”
  • “He who learns must suffer.”
  • “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.”
  • “The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture.”
  • “Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.”
  • “Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.”
  • “The measure of wealth is not the size of your wallet, but the peace of your mind.”
  • “Courage is the foundation of all virtues.”
  • “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
  • “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
  • “The greatest wealth is to live a contented life.”
  • “The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.”
Life:
  • “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
  • “Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
  • “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
  • “At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”
  • “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”
  • “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.”
  • “The beginning is the most important part of the work.”
  • “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.”
  • “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
  • “He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”
  • “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”
  • “The first and best victory is to conquer self.”
  • “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
  • “The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
  • “There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”
  • “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
  • “Necessity is the mother of invention.”
  • “The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture.”
  • “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.”
  • “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”
  • “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
  • “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
  • “There is truth in wine and children.”
  • “Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men’s concerns.”
  • “Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.”
Beauty:
  • “Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.”
  • “Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.”
  • “The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
  • “There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.”
  • “The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another.”
  • “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.”
  • “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.”
  • “Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.”
  • “There is no beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.”
  • “He who contemplates the depths of the ocean is in awe of the immense beauty of the natural world.”
  • “Physical beauty is a fleeting charm, but the beauty of the mind is everlasting.”
  • “Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”
  • “The beauty of the mind finds expression through virtuous acts.”
  • “True beauty lies not in the face, but in the heart.”
  • “The search for beauty is a constant quest for harmony and balance.”
  • “Beauty awakens the soul to act.”
  • “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
  • “Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.”
  • “True beauty comes from the soul, not from the outward appearance.”
  • “The beauty of nature is a reflection of the divine.”
  • “Beauty is the splendor of truth.”
  • “When beauty is seen by the mind, it can never fade.”
  • “The beauty of the soul is reflected in the kindness of the heart.”
  • “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.”
  • “The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.”
Love:
  • “At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.”
  • “Love is a serious mental disease.”
  • “He whom love touches not walks in darkness.”
  • “Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together.”
  • “The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.”
  • “Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods.”
  • “Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.”
  • “There is no love without trust.”
  • “Love is the pursuit of the whole, the desire for unity, and the longing for completeness.”
  • “True love never has a happy ending, because true love never ends.”
  • “Love is a great spirit. Everything spiritual is in love.”
  • “The object of love is to unite the parts of our souls.”
  • “Love is a divine madness.”
  • “True love is a discipline in which we learn how to live.”
  • “Love is a force that is beyond us.”
  • “The most beautiful form of love is the love of wisdom.”
  • “In love, the soul finds its true wings.”
  • “Love is the unification of opposites.”
  • “True love is an enduring pursuit of truth and beauty.”
  • “Love is the energy of life.”
  • “Love is the beginning and the end of all things.”
  • “True love is a desire for truth and knowledge.”
  • “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”
  • “Love is a kind of war, and the bravest are those who conquer their own hearts.”
  • “Love is the harmony of the soul with the divine.”
Happiness:
  • “The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily.”
  • “The greatest happiness is knowing that one is loved.”
  • “The measure of happiness is not wealth or material success, but the peace of the mind.”
  • “Happiness springs from doing good and living a virtuous life.”
  • “True happiness is born of moderation and balance.”
  • “The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts.”
  • “Happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
  • “The secret of happiness is not found in the pursuit of more, but in the enjoyment of what is within.”
  • “Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”
  • “The happy life is a life of virtue.”
  • “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
  • “True happiness is found in the love of the soul.”
  • “The road to happiness is paved with good deeds.”
  • “Happiness is the state of the soul in harmony.”
  • “The highest happiness is the feeling of inner peace.”
  • “Happiness is a state of inner contentment, not a result of external circumstances.”
  • “Happiness is an inside job, it comes from the soul.”
  • “The joy of life comes from being at peace with oneself.”
  • “Happiness is found in living a life of meaning and purpose.”
  • “The path to happiness lies in self-mastery and inner peace.”
  • “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
  • “True happiness is found in the contemplation of truth.”
  • “Happiness is a state of inner harmony and peace.”
  • “The soul’s true happiness is in the contemplation of the divine.”
  • “The greatest happiness is the quiet joy of a contented heart.”

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