I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
SOCRATESThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
More Socrates Quotes
-
-
Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
SOCRATES -
To move the world we must move ourselves.
SOCRATES -
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SOCRATES -
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
SOCRATES -
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
SOCRATES -
Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
SOCRATES -
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
SOCRATES -
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 -
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
SOCRATES -
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
SOCRATES -
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
SOCRATES -
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
SOCRATES -
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
SOCRATES -
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
SOCRATES -
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
SOCRATES