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plato atheism age
At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets. Denis Diderot
plato years ideas
During the 2300 years since Plato, very little opposition has been registered to his ideas. Ludwig von Mises
plato kind members
Plato and Hitler were both the same kind of consistent socialists who planned also for the production of future socialists, the breeding and education of future members of society.
plato people leader
People have Plato's form in their mind of what a leader is, or what a C.E.O. is, and it is a bunch of elements that I really don't conform to at all. I've given this a lot of thought, and I came to the conclusion that I don't care. Dick Costolo
plato father thinking
I want you teabaggers out there to understand one thing: while you idolize the Founding Fathers and dress up like them, and smell like them, I think it's pretty clear that the Founding Fathers would have hated your guts. And what's more, you would've hated them. They were everything you despise. They studied science, read Plato, hung out in Paris and thought the Bible was mostly bulls**t. Bill Maher
plato school exercise
The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools; and their systems, transmitted with blind deference from one generation of disciples to another, precluded every generous attempt to exercise the powers, or enlarge the limits, of the human mind. Edward Gibbon
plato history secret
The knowledge that is suited to our situation and powers, the whole compass of moral, natural, and mathematical science, was neglected by the new Platonists; whilst they exhausted their strength in the verbal disputes of metaphysics, attempted to explore the secrets of the invisible world, and studied to reconcile Aristotle with Plato, on subjects of which both these philosophers were as ignorant as the rest of mankind.
plato play bears
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays. Benjamin Jowett
plato book greatness
The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism. C. S. Lewis
self-love looks tough
I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there. Alexandra Fuller
self time time-and-time-management
Misspending a man's time is a kind of self-homicide. Edward Halifax
self truly
One who contemplates his own self is truly wise.
self-esteem personality fame
Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous. Chris Evert
selfish tunnels tennis
To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.
self work-out feel-good
I'm a big fan of working out on my own. I put my headphones on and I'm pretty good at self-motivating. At the end of the day, I enjoy it. Once I'm there and once I get going, I tend to love it, and I feel good. Chris Evans
self-confidence thinking armor
Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence . Charles Spurgeon
self christ ends
When we come to the end of self we come to the beginning of Christ.
self comfort sin
To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.
victory
So it is said that victory can be made. Sun Tzu
victory slumps firsts
Don’t let a first-set victory lead into a second-set slump
victory gold empires
Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty by nourishing the prosperity of others - the empires and their native overseers. In the colonial and neocolonial alchemy, gold changes into scrap metal and food into poison. Eduardo Galeano
victory progress superstitions
Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
victory
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
victory may taste
I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory. Alexander the Great
victory want biographies
Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want." "We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to." "Thanks." Wedge & Tycho Aaron Allston
victory events defeat
In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success. Charles Stanley
victory needs conflict
Victory needs conflict as its preface.