The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

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

Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.

You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?

Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide, while the many natures who at present pursue either one exclusively are forcibly prevented from doing so, cities will have no rest from evils,... nor, I think, will the human race.