Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

.. we shall not be properly educated ourselves, nor will the guardians whom we are training, until we can recognise the qualities of discipline, courage, generosity, greatness of mind, and others akin to them, as well as their opposites in all their manifestations.

You cannot conceive the many without the one...The study of the unit is among those that lead the mind on and turn it to the vision of reality.

Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.

An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation.