Socrates Quotes
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Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge.
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It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
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An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones.
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Let us follow the truth whither so ever it leads.
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The understanding of mathematics is necessary for a sound grasp of ethics.
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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.
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The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.
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The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.
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Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these eighteen "ities" You will soon attain immortality.
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The uninitiated are those who believe in nothing except what they can grasp in their hands, and who deny the existence of all that is invisible.
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.
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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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Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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No one does wrong voluntarily.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
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The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.
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There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.
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Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods.
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The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.
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If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease.