“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.”

“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning”

“Philosophy is the highest music.”

“Yes, if he is to have true music in him.”

“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.”

“States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.”

“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”