Socrates Quotes
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There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.
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Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.
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The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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True perfection is a bold quest to seek. Only the willing and true of heart will seek the betterment of many.
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Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
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Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
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The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.
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Contentment is natural wealth.
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Pride divides the men, humility joins them.
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Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
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Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.
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People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.
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Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
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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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How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
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The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.
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The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever.