Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher — 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
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
“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
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
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us.” — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto. — 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
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
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
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
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
“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
The uninitiated are those who believe in nothing except what they can grasp in their hands, and who deny the existence of… — 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 Image
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years. — Socrates Copy Share Image
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 Image
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher — Socrates Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. — Socrates Copy Share Image
