![]() ![]() "The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation." “The measure of a man is what he does with power.” “Never discourage anyone.who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” "Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given." "When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things." "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws" "Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself." Those who wish to sing always find a song." "Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. "Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge." "Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind." Dancing is divine in its nature and is the gift of God." "The Dance, of all the arts, is the one that most influences the soul. "No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth." “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” We do not act ‘rightly’ because we are ‘excellent’, in fact, we achieve ‘excellence’ by acting ‘rightly." "Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. "We are twice armed if we fight with faith " ![]() Here are 25 inspirational quotes that will give your philosophical muscles a real boost. In his time, he shared many golden nuggets of brilliance on almost every topic imaginable. Where other Greek philosophers preceding him sought to classify actions under certain labels, Plato’s goal was to realistically define them, and he did, with such key concepts as equality, justice, and beauty being his major contributions. He focused on building the key notions of philosophy and ethics. Growing up in Athens, Greece during the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Plato chose the noblest of all professions in his adult years: teaching. Got one of your own? Leave a comment below.Plato was an ordinary child, born into a noble family nearly 2.500 years ago. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from ancient philosophers. I am willing to learn, and I plan to continue to study the art and science, or philosophy of life, until my last breath. Neither of those things can be said about me. To do so is equivalent to saying either that the time for a happy life has not yet come, or that is has already passed.” With that thought in mind shouldn’t I prepare to live and die in a way I determine to be true? Should I learn from the lessons of these ancient masters, or discard their work in hopes I can find my own way?Īristotle wrote in its defense to a friend, “let not the youngest shun philosophy or the oldest grow weary of it. Have you heard this saying? “Failure to prepare, is the same as preparing to fail.” There is nothing we do as humans which does not involve life, or for that matter, death to some extent.Īs Socrates says, “Ordinary people seem not to realize those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly, and of their own accord, preparing themselves for dying and death.” To me it seems the most difficult to master, and yet most creative of all the arts. While at the same time, the most mystifying and elaborate of all the sciences. Which, I might add, was not an education experience I enjoyed. However, allow me to reassure you that philosophy and it’s logical (and sometimes illogical) arguments will rarely bore you. This was how I felt about philosophy, even after 12 years of socialized education. Understandably people think, “Philosophy? I don’t even know what philosophy means, in fact I’m pretty sure I’m not interested in philosophy, it sounds boring.” At one time I was daunted by this four-syllable word, not knowing the truth of the world was hidden within this disciplines of subject. To study philosophy is to study life, and its counterpart, death.ĭoes the fact millennia of time has spanned between their life and mine change how much they knew then, or how little I know now? That life could be learned from those who had lived in earnest and captured it in their literature.
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