Socrates Quotes
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The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.
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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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Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.
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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 highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.
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Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.
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The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.
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People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.
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Pride divides the men, humility joins them.
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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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Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.
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Contentment is natural wealth.
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Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
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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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The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces.
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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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Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.
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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.
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How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.