More quotes by Plato, The Republic

"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."
"Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul."
"Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know."
"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."
"The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity."