Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?
– Socrates
Pride divides the men, humility joins them.
– Socrates
Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practice daily these eighteen “ities” You will soon attain immortality.
– Socrates
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
– Socrates
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
– Socrates
Know Thyself.
– Socrates
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
– Socrates
So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?
– Socrates
Man, know thyself.
– Socrates
To find yourself, think for yourself.
– Socrates
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
– Socrates
Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
– Socrates
I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
– Socrates
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.
– Socrates
Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation, and the dead have no consciousness of anything; or, as we are told, it is really a change: a migration of the soul from one place to another.
– Socrates
Programming is not about what you know.
It’s about what you can figure out.
– Socrates
Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
– Socrates
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
– Socrates
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
– Socrates
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
– Socrates
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
– Socrates
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
– Socrates
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
– Socrates
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
– Socrates
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
– Socrates
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
– Socrates
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
– Socrates
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
– Socrates
Wisdom begins in wonder.
– Socrates
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
– Socrates