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.
SOCRATESLiving well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
More Socrates Quotes
-
-
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
SOCRATES -
I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
SOCRATES -
Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
SOCRATES -
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
SOCRATES -
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
SOCRATES -
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
SOCRATES -
The unexamined life is not worth living.
SOCRATES -
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
SOCRATES -
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.
SOCRATES -
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATES -
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
SOCRATES -
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
SOCRATES -
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
SOCRATES -
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
SOCRATES -
There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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 -
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
SOCRATES -
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
SOCRATES -
Understanding a question is half an answer.
SOCRATES -
It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
SOCRATES -
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
SOCRATES -
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
SOCRATES -
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
SOCRATES -
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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