60 Plato phrases to question life wisely

Whoever loves extremely, stops living in himself and lives in what he loves.

Love is the child of poverty and wealth: of poverty, because it constantly asks, and of wealth, because it constantly gives.

Love is the pursuit of the whole.

Only through love can human beings be fully realized.

Love: a dangerous mental illness.

Love is a force, an energy that manifests in the soul as a feeling of remembrance of something the soul once had but lost.

There is no one, even without culture, who does not become a poet when love takes care of him.

Only through love can man be fully realized.

Everyone is a poet when they are in love.

There is no person, no matter how fearful, who cannot become a hero out of love.

In life, two things are certain: love and death.

What matters most is not living, but living well.

Try to move the world, the first step will be to move yourself.

If you don’t find joy on this earth, look for it beyond the stars.

We must always follow the path that leads to the highest.

Friendship is a reciprocal predisposition that makes two beings equally jealous of each other’s happiness.

Wisdom consists in ordering our own soul well.

There is nothing good or bad except these two things: wisdom which is good and ignorance which is evil.

Those who do not want to go to the trouble of raising and educating them should not have children.

The most indispensable thing for anyone is to recognize the use he should make of his own knowledge.

True philosophers are those who like to contemplate the truth.

The book is a master who speaks but does not respond.

Learning is changing postures.

The wise man speaks because he has something to say, the fool because he has to say something.

Seeking and learning are really nothing more than remembering.

We must learn throughout life, not imagining that wisdom comes with old age.

The punishment of the good who do not engage in politics is to be ruled by the bad.

The judge is not appointed to do favors with justice, but to judge according to the laws.

Committing injustices is worse than suffering them.

It is this force that always maintains a fair and legitimate opinion on what is necessary to fear and not to fear, that I call and define courage.

God is not to blame. It’s the choice’s fault.

If, indeed, justice is wisdom and virtue, I think it will easily be shown that it is stronger than injustice, since injustice is ignorance.

The best thing human beings can do for their happiness is to bring themselves into constant harmony with God through supplications and prayers.

God is truth and light is his shadow.

To speak well of the gods to men is much easier than to speak well of men to men.

The time of departure arrived, and we went our ways – I to die and you to live. Which is better, God only knows.

To err is human, but it is also human to forgive. Forgiving is characteristic of generous souls.

The lover is, in a way, more divine than the loved object, for he has divinity within himself; is possessed by a God.

Peace of heart is a paradise for men.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Don’t wait for a crisis to find out what’s important in your life.

You can find out more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

No wealth can bring peace to an evil man.

Winning yourself is the greatest of victories.

There is nothing more shameful than someone being honored by the fame of ancestors and not by self-worth.

I will silence the cursers by continuing to live well; this is the best use we can make of backbiting.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light.

When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself.

What makes the boat go is not the full sail, but the unseen wind.

An unquestioned life is not worth living.

I would rather be falsely praised than sincerely criticized.

Of all wild animals, the young man is the most difficult to tame.

Men are like wines: age sours the bad and sharpens the good.

Where there is no equality, friendship does not last.

Many hate tyranny just so they can establish their own.

It is not the eyes that see, but what we see through the eyes.

The sage will always want to be with the one who is better than him.

Seeking the good of our fellow men, we will find our own.

Only the dead will see the end of the war.

Ignorance is the root and trunk of all evils.