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.
SOCRATESAre you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
More Socrates Quotes
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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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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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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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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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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