Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
SOCRATESWisdom begins in wonder.
More Socrates Quotes
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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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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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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