They would be subject to no one, neither to lawful ruler nor to the reign of law, but would be altogether and absolutely free. That is the way they got their tyrants, for either servitude or freedom, when it goes to extremes, is an utter bane, while either in due measure is altogether a boon.

Only the dead will know the end of the war.

To begin is the most important part of any quest and by far the most courageous.

The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues-not faction, but rather distraction-there should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor, again, excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil . . . Now the legislator should determine what is to be the limit of poverty or of wealth.

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

Man's greatest victory is over oneself.

If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection.