Plato

“Thinking that one knows a thing when one does not know it, through this all the mistakes of the mind are caused in all of us.”

“Grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich.”

“Knowledge is the food of the soul.”

“Pleasure is the bait of sin.”

“Neither family, nor privilege, nor wealth, nor anything but Love can light that beacon which a man must steer by when he sets out to live the better life.”

“The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.”

“For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet.”

“There is a victory and defeat, the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats, which each man gains or sustains at the hands, not of another, but of himself.”

“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”

“The beginning is the most important part of any work.”

“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”