Let him who would move the world first move himself.
SOCRATESThe 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.
More Socrates Quotes
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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