The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
SOCRATESTo move the world we must move ourselves.
More Socrates Quotes
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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