If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
SOCRATESHe 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.
More Socrates Quotes
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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If 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.
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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 easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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