Socrates Quotes

Socrates was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.An enigmatic figure, he made no writings, and is known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers writing after his lifetime, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. Other sources include the contemporaneous Antisthenes, Aristippus, and Aeschines of Sphettos. Aristophanes, a playwright, is the only source to have written during his lifetime.

I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

Socrates
- Wisdom
- Patience
- Wealth
Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

Socrates
- Hear
- Melody
- Noise

Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.

Socrates
- Leaf
- Life
- Believing
And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own proper jewels - temperance and justice, and courage, and nobility and truth - she is ready to go on her journey when the hour comes.

Socrates
- Courage
- Nobility
- Justice
Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.

Socrates
- Lies
- Truth
- Murder
Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

Socrates
- Man
- Understand
- Lives
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.

Socrates
- Evil
- Misuse
- Induces
Fear of women love more than hate the man.

Socrates
- Man
- For Her
- Love

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

Socrates
- Honor
- Virtues
- Surest Way
Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

Socrates
- Gods
- Nearest
- Want
A multitude of books distracts the mind.

Socrates
- Multitude
- DIstracts
- Mind
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Socrates
- Honor
- Greatest
- Pretend
Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.

Socrates
- Wisdom
- Shadow
- Riches
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Socrates
- Blessings
- Prayers
- Best

We can do nothing without the body, let us always take care that it is in the best condition to sustain us.

Socrates
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Socrates
- Wisdom
- True
- Understand
The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.

Socrates
- Honor
- Serve
- Demands
It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one.

Socrates
- Better
- Suffer
- Injustice
It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates
It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.

Socrates
- Better
- Odds
- World

Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.

Socrates
- Wisdom
- Wonder
- Beginning
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Socrates
The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul.

Socrates
The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.

Socrates
- Cured
- Body
- Soul