Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Plato Quotes
ReasoningMathematicsCapability I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
ChildrenVirtueEducationStories We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
FearTruthCourageGrowthGood vs. Evil 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.
HolinessJusticeWisdomSpirituality We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
JusticePersonal ResponsibilityNon-Interference Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
TaxationJusticeInjustice When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
PowerManipulationWarLeadershipFear When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
CommunityCitizenshipIdentityCity Development This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
QualityPerfectionProgressEfficiencySuccess Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
SpecializationEfficiencyTalentFocus All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.
DemocracyDictatorshipLibertyTyrannyExtremism Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
RelationshipGrowthInfluence 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.
LoveOrderBeautyEducationDiscipline To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
ResponsibilityMoralityLaws Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
DeceptionAppearancePerceptionIllusionMagnetism Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.
MortalityExistenceReflectionLife and Death Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
InjusticeHypocrisyReputationSelf-ReflectionConsequence The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.
ExcessChangeConsequenceModeration Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Anger ManagementControlAcceptanceSelf-ReflectionDecision-Making There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
FreedomLearningMemoryCompulsion No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
OppositionStruggleDarknessResilienceDuality There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
KnowledgeLearningMotivationMindEducation Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Human NatureChoiceMoralityWisdom To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
LeadershipWisdomGovernancePeace There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
EducationFutureLife Direction The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
VirtueAuthenticityHumility The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.
MusicPoliticsSocietyStability For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.
SoulKnowledgeEnlightenmentSelf-Improvement And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
EffortProsperityCultivationApplication Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
BalancePrincipleVirtueStabilityIntegrity The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.