To move the world we must move ourselves.
SOCRATESEnvy is the ulcer of the soul.
More Socrates Quotes
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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