The two greatest men who ever lived—Jesus and…

“... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought.

— Mark Kingwell

Plato, the first true pope of philosophy (sorry, Socrates), argued for a World of Forms above the reality-a transcendent plane of perfect essences, pure…

— N.D. Wilson

“Socrates said that a man doesn’t want what he doesn’t think he lacks. That is, if you believe you have the truth then why…

— Peter Boghossian

“O Socrates, the universe cannot for one instant endure to be only what it is. It is strange to think that that which is…

— Paul Valéry

“Who, I ask, ever found salvation through the conquests of Alexander? What city was ever more wisely governed because of them, what individual improved?…

— Flavius Claudius Julianus

“Nothing is richer than precious stones and than gold; nothing is finer than adamant, nothing nobler than the blood of kings; nothing is sacred…

— Jean Passerat

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries of time: he should impute the seeming defects of…

— Samuel Johnson

“Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato:…

— Anonymous

While Socrates empties the cup of poison with unshaken soul,Christ exclaims,'If it is possible, let this cup pass from me'.Christ in this respect is…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us…

— Lydia M. Child

“The Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man…

— Voltaire

“In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing out what was "wrong.”

— Edward De Bono

“Socrates says we must be either fools because we think we are wise, or wise because we know we are fools. Christ says we…

— Peter Kreeft

Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he himself had helped to…

— Moses Mendelssohn