Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom.
It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door..
Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year..
The measure of a man is what he does with power..
If you think your child's academic studies are more important than the arts, think again..
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..
The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death..
Much more wretched than lackof health inthe body, it is to dwell with a soul that is not healthy, but corrupt..
Every unjust man is unjust against his will..
Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences..
The true musician is attuned to a fairer harmony than that of the lyre... for he truly has in his own life a harmony of words and deeds arranged in t….
Music gives wings to the mind and flight to the imagination..
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable..
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune..
The most important part of education is right training in the nursery. The soul of the child in his play should be trained to that sort of excellence….
The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole..
Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the mo….
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things..
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his l….
Life should be lived as play..
Ideas are the source of all things.