Plato

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many read more

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in read more

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy read more

I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy wants to harden us and our mission is never to let it.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, read more

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.