To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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 children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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