Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
SOCRATESEmploy your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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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.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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