Plato

“There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.”

“Love is a serious mental disease.”

“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”

“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.”

“Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.”

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

“Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.”

“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.”

“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.”

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

“He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”

“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”

“Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.”

“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.”

“Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.”

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.”

“Character is simply habit long continued.”

“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.”