I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
SOCRATESThe children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
More Socrates Quotes
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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To be is to do.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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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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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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