“Know thyself.”
— Socrates“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.”
— Socrates“Are 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?”
— Socrates“Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they are wise.”
— Socrates“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
— Socrates“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— Socrates“The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.”
— Socrates“If what you want to say is neither true, nor good or kind, nor useful or necessary, please don't say anything at all”
— SocratesBeware the barrenness of a busy life.
— SocratesThe unexamined life is not worth living.
— SocratesTruth is born through exploration, questioning, and seeking.
— SocratesThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
— SocratesHe who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have.
— SocratesThe unexamined life is not worth living.
— SocratesTo find yourself, think for yourself.
— SocratesThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
— SocratesThe unexamined life is not worth living.
— Socrates