Socrates Quotes

169 Socrates quotes by 131 unique authors

The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it." - Socrates — Dan Millman
Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Socrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What's that? Socrates: Philosophy.… — Peter Kreeft
One quality in a person doesn't rule out any other quality. They can exist side by side, good and terrible. Socrates said it a lot… — Thomas Harris
So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so. — Eddie Izzard
All men are mortal. Socrates was mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates. — Woody Allen
Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. — Plutarch
Evolution is the law of policies: Darwin said it, Socrates endorsed it, Cuvier proved it and established it for all time in his paper on… — Mark Twain
My hero Socrates trained Plato on a rock. How much did that cost? So the greatest minds in history became the greatest minds in history… — Dave Brat
A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes… — Norman Cousins
Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy. — Xenophon
God was alive when this universe exploded into existence. He was alive when Socrates drank his poison. He was the living God when William Bradford… — John Piper
Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them — Unknown Author
Being asked whether it's better to marry or not, he (Socrates) replied, Whichever you do you will repent it — Diogenes
I have no clue what Plato was talking about when he said that the unexamined wife was not worth leaving. I don't even know whose… — Rock Cowles
Socrates was killed by his own people. He was! [Nods head]. Coz he questioned everything When is a house a house? Just chill-out will you?… — Eddie Izzard
Know Thyself SOCRATES — Unknown Author
It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuitslikebecoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying thought the stratosphere… — Malcolm Muggeridge
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