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.
SOCRATESIf you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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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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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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