Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. — Socrates Copy Share Image
The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto. — Socrates Copy Share Image
The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates Copy Share Image
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, that the living spring from the dead, and that… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“We approach truth only inasmuch as we depart from life. For what do we, who love truth, strive after in life? To… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The soul is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, by virtue of having no willing association… — Socrates Copy Share Image
When I was young, I believed that life might unfold in an orderly way, according to my hopes and expectations. But now… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“...{I]f everything that has some share of life were to die, and if after death the dead remained in that form and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public… — Socrates Copy Share Image
You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Those then who know not wisdom and virtue, and are always busy with gluttony and sensuality, go down and up again as… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“If the soul is immortal, it demands our care not only for that part of time which we call life, but for… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I thought that as I had failed in the contemplation of true existence, I ought to be careful that I did not… — Socrates Copy Share Image
You too must be of good hope as regards death, gentlemen of the jury, and keep this one truth in mind, that… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Perhaps someone may say 'But surely, Socrates, after you have left us you can spend the rest of your life in quietly… — Socrates Copy Share Image
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. — Socrates Copy Share
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. — Socrates Copy Share
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. — Socrates Copy Share
If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years. — Socrates Copy Share
If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are… — Socrates Copy Share
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher — Socrates Copy Share
“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no… — Socrates Copy Share
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and… — Socrates Copy Share
Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of… — Socrates Copy Share
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. — Socrates Copy Share
I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all… — Socrates Copy Share
The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning,… — Socrates Copy Share
![“...{I]f everything that has some share of life were to die, and if after death the dead remained in that form and did not come to life again, would it not be quite inevitable that in the end everything should be dead and nothing alive?... [W]hat possible means could prevent their number from being…” quote by Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/71d/socrates-405_death_i-f-everything-that-has-some-share-of-li_2827844.jpg)
