Plato Quotes

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not.

The passionate are like men standing on their heads; they see all things the wrong way.

They see only their own shadows or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.

As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

The music masters familiarizes children’s minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and more capable in whatever they say or do, for rhythm and harmony are essential to the whole of life.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.

The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.