“The power to concentrate was the most important thing. Living without this power would be like opening one’s eyes without seeing anything.”
“This, dear Phaedrus, is the most important point: no geometry without the word. Without it, figures are accidents, and neither make manifest nor serve the power of the mind.”
“without the power to concentrate thatis to say, without the power to dictate to the brain its task and to ensure obedience true life is impossible. Mind control is the first element of a full existence.”
“If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.”
“Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in life, community.”
“Many of the most powerful things in life are not tangible. All it takes is for you to close your eyes to see.”