The unexamined life is not worth living.
SOCRATESTo find yourself, think for yourself.
More Socrates Quotes
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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 misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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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 answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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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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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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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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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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