Plutarch Inspirational Quotations

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.

Nature and wisdom never are at strife.

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.