The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful.

For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons will detest evil in men; their repugnance to wrong disinclines them to commit wrongful acts; they shun the unrighteous and are drawn to the upright.

Before all it's necessary to look after the Soul, if you want the head and the rest of the body to function correctly.

There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not stay in the mind. So avoid compulsion, and let your children's lessons take the form of play.

Ignorance: the root of all evil.

Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.

Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.