“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”

“The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.”

“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.”

“....harmony that would fittingly imitate the utterances and accents of a brave man who is engaged in warfare or in any enforced business, and who, when he has failed [] confronts fortune with stead...”

“Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.”

“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”

“Then, one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...you give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you...”

“We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capa...”

“In part, that's because when we delay marriage, it's not just women who become independent. It's also men, who, like women, learn to clothe and feed themselves, to clean their homes iron their shir...”

“I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's, but behind all of them, there's only one truth and that is that there is no truth... No truth behind all truths is what I and ...”

“Here must thou be, O man,Strength to thyself no helper hast thou here Here keepest thou thy individual state:No other can divide with thee this work,No secondary hand can interveneTo fashion this ...”

“A life of joy awaits the man who sits alone quietly in a room and determines what he himself believes rather than simply adopting the values of another.”