Plato
Plato
Platowas a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire œuvre is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
love blessed names
All loves should be simply stepping stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name for his great goodness and mercy.
plato rewards truth-is
Truth is its own reward.
war
Any peace is better than any war
brightness rust diligence
Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.
plato knowledge geometry
The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal.
men evil good-man
To a good man nothing that happens is evil.
children educational play
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.
philosophical age action
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
beautiful stars caves
Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.
karma men hands
O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall go to worse souls, or if better to the better... In every succession of life and death, you will do and suffer what like may fitly suffer at the hands of like. This is the justice of heaven.
men would-be harmony
It would be better for me ... that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.
ignorance soul sickness
Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul
power men doe
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
soul awakening privilege
The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person.