Life Quotes by Socrates

An unexamined life is a life of no account.

— Socrates

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

— Socrates

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

— Socrates

“It is only in death that we are truly cured of the 'sickness' of life.”

— Socrates

“A Life without criticism and status is not a worth living.”

— Socrates

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.

— Socrates

The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.

— Socrates

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

— Socrates

The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being…

— Socrates

Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.

— Socrates

It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.

— Socrates

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the…

— Socrates

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life…

— Socrates

I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, that the living spring from the dead, and that…

— Socrates

Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher

— Socrates

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us.”

— Socrates

The soul is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, by virtue of having no willing association…

— Socrates

Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and…

— Socrates

Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public…

— Socrates

I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I…

— Socrates

Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a…

— Socrates

“We approach truth only inasmuch as we depart from life. For what do we, who love truth, strive after in life? To…

— Socrates

Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent…

— Socrates

Those then who know not wisdom and virtue, and are always busy with gluttony and sensuality, go down and up again as…

— Socrates

“I thought that as I had failed in the contemplation of true existence, I ought to be careful that I did not…

— Socrates

The real danger in life is not death, but living an evil life.

— Socrates

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

— Socrates

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

— Socrates

“An unconsidered life is not one worth living.”

— Socrates

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death.

— Socrates

Living or dead, to a good man there can come no evil.

— Socrates

Life is like a game of football, played with Hitler's severed head.

— Socrates

The uninitiated are those who believe in nothing except what they can grasp in their hands, and who deny the existence of…

— Socrates

“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either…

— Socrates

Be true to thine own self.

— Socrates

How many things are there which I do not want.

— Socrates

Life without enquiry is not worth living for a man.

— Socrates

The examined life is the only life worth living.

— Socrates

How many things I can do without!

— Socrates

The unexamined life is not worth living.

— Socrates