Plato

"Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand."

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."

"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."

"The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through life and returns good for nothing to the world below."

"Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous."

"Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love."

"Ideas are the source of all things"

"Knowledge is the food of the soul."

"Writing is the geometry of the soul."

"Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically."

"The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out."

"Philosophy is the highest music."

"Education is teaching our children to desire the right things."

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet."

"Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself."

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."