The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.

Happiness springs from doing good and helping others.

Those who tell the stories rule society.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers

He who does not desire power is fit to hold it.