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. – Plato
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. – Plato
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. – Plato
The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it’s almost impossible to stamp out. – Plato
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. – Plato
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile. – Plato
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. – Plato
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. – Plato
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory. – Plato
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. – Plato
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. – Plato
Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways. – Plato
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. – Plato
