"Serious things cannot be understood without laughable..." - Quote by Plato

“The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”

“So their combinations with themselves and with each other give rise to endless complexities, which anyone who is to give a likely account of reality must survey.”

“What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.”

“The whole end of speech is to be understood.”

“Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now.”

“I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.”

“Great is Youth--equally great is Old Age--great are Day and Night.Great is Wealth--great is Poverty--great is Expression-great is Silence.”

“Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery -- the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets -- is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together.”

“How did you know you're alive, unless you'd once been dead?”