One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
SOCRATESFrom the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
More Socrates Quotes
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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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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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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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 easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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