Socrates Quotes
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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.
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Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.
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Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.
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Fear of women love more than hate the man.
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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.
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Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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A multitude of books distracts the mind.
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To harm another is to harm oneself.
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We can do nothing without the body, let us always take care that it is in the best condition to sustain us.
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Be true to thine own self.
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Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.
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The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.