To be is to do.
SOCRATESStrong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
More Socrates Quotes
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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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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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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