Because, unlike courage and wisdom, which made our state brave and wise by being present in a particular part of it, discipline operates by being diffused throughout the whole of it. It produces a concord between its strongest and weakest and middle elements, whether you define them by the standard of good sense, or of strength, or of numbers or money or the like. And so we are quite justified in regarding discipline as this sort of natural harmony and agreement between higher and lower about which of them is to rule in state and individual.
The beginning is the chiefest part of any work. - Plato
The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.
- Plato
You must base the Wisdom on Love. - Plato
You must base the Wisdom on Love.
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind. - Plato
Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.
Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own. - Plato
Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.
Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
Be kind. Every person you meet is fighting a difficult battle.
Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before. - Plato
Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned than before.
The right question is usually more important than the right answer. - Plato
The right question is usually more important than the right answer.
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. - Plato
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self. - Plato
The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.
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