Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!
PlatoRead
You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul.
Interpretation
Holistic healing requires addressing the entirety of a person, not just individual parts.
In this quote, Plato emphasizes the necessity of treating the whole person rather than isolating individual ailments. The interconnectedness of the eyes, head, body, and soul illustrates that effective healing must consider all aspects of human existence, integrating physical, mental, and spiritual health.
In practice
In a health seminar discussing the importance of mental health alongside physical health, this quote can highlight a holistic approach.
Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!
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Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
But history will judge you, and as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, in the extent to which you have used your gifts and talents to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow men. In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit.
If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.
However much you feed a wolf, it always looks to the forest. We are all wolves of the dense forest of Eternity.
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