They would be subject to no one, neither to lawful ruler nor to the reign of law, but would be altogether and absolutely free. That is the way they g….

Romantic Art: The Hearts Awakening - Bouguereau At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet..

Renouncing the honors at which the world aims, I desire only to know the truth... and to the maximum of power, I exhort all other men to do the same..

Our greatest blessings come to us by way of madness, provided the madness is given us by divine gift..

Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete..

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class..

If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly..

The wisdom of men is worth little or nothing..

A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well..

No one is so cowardly that Love could not inspire him to heroism..

Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. . . . A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons ….

True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place; but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's ….

All knowledge is but remembrance..

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated..

The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet..

More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else..

This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, whi….

Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this..

What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party..

Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy..

The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person..