The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth.... He whose desires are drawn toward knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul, and will hardly feel bodily pleasures I mean, if he be a true philosopher and not a sham one ... Then how can he who has the magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all times and all existence, think much of human life He cannot. Or can such a one account death fearful No indeed.

The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!

Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit.

Philosophy begins in wonder.

To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils.

In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is not full authority for laws but rather full authority for a man who understands the art of kingship and has kingly ability.

And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?