Socrates Quotes
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Let us follow the truth whither so ever it leads.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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My belief is that to have no wants is divine.
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In my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest reputation were nearly the most deficient, while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable.
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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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How many things are there which I do not want.
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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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The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form.
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I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
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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 beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
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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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The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.
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Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge.
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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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The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.
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No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen to keep himself in good condition... It is a disgrace for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and the strength of which his body is capable.
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There are two kinds of disease of the soul, vice and ignorance.
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Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods.
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The real danger in life is not death, but living an evil life.
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The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living.
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It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring habits that shortens the other half.
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Follow the argument wherever it leads.
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An honest man is always a child.