The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
SOCRATESRemember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
More Socrates Quotes
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To be is to do.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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