Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
SOCRATESA system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
More Socrates Quotes
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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