He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
SOCRATESStrong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
More Socrates Quotes
-
-
Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
SOCRATES -
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.
SOCRATES -
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
SOCRATES -
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
SOCRATES -
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
SOCRATES -
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
SOCRATES -
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.
SOCRATES -
The 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.
SOCRATES -
To move the world we must move ourselves.
SOCRATES -
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
SOCRATES -
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
SOCRATES -
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
SOCRATES -
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
SOCRATES -
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
SOCRATES -
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATES







