Philosophy Quote by Plato — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.”

“let the speaker speak truly and the judge decide justly.”

“Ideas are the source of all things”

“Whenever you do something holy, you're improving one of the gods?”

“[Dialogue between Solon and an Egyptian Priest]”

“In practice people who study philosophy too long become very odd birds, not to say thoroughly vicious; while even those who are the best of them are reduced by...[philosophy] to complete uselessness as members of society.”

“[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.”

“Etching is the art of removing the unnecessary to reveal the essence.”

“It would be, for me, mere pointless pleasure, an illusion of order for this one frail, foolish, flicker-flash in the long dull fall of eternity.”

“The best things in life are crazy.”

“Only by showing the world the cataclysmic cost of a world divided can it appreciate the wonders of life and endless possibilities of a world united.”

“Dad was a philosopher and had what he called his Theory of Purpose, which held that everything in life had a purpose, and unless it achieved that purpose, it was just taking up space on the planet and wasting everybody's time.”