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

“You should not honor men more than truth.”

“Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally ignorant – do not believe [that I know anything].”

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

“He was a wise man who invented God.”

“For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.”

“Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the gods are divine.”

“The love of money is the root of all evil, therefore selfishness must be the seed.”

“Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" - "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses”

“Hence the great irony: Hayek, one of the greatest champions of individual liberty and economic freedom the world has ever known, believed that knowledge was communal. Dewey, the champion of socialism and collectivism, believed that knowledge was individual. Hayek's is a philosophy that treats individuals as the best judges of their own self-interests, which in turn yield staggering communal cooperation. Dewey's was the philosophy of a giant, Monty Pythonesque crowd shouting on cue: "We're All Individuals!”

“Where the populace eat and drink, and even where they reverence, it is accustomed to stink.”

“Art must take reality by surprise.”

“To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.”