Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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More Quotes from Plato
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.
No man should be angry with what is true.
Every heart sings a song incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
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The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.
We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh unless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
