I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
SOCRATESMankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
More Socrates Quotes
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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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.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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