Unexamined Quotes

54 quotes by 44 authors

The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on which we may… — Walter Lippmann
It may be true that the unexamined life is not worth living-but neither is the unlived life worth examining. — Dan Millman
When you're operating on uninvestigated theories of what's going on and you aren't even aware of it, you're in what I call "the dream." Often… — Byron Katie
Perhaps the single most important therapeutic credo that I have is that the unexamined life is not worth living. — Irvin D. Yalom
The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is not passive acquiescence. — Noam Chomsky
Without a rigorous, self-critical discourse, one risks lapsing into pious platitudes and unexamined generalizations. — Stephen Batchelor
An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not worth having and a society whose ideas are never explored for possible error may eventually find its… — Mark Van Doren
For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut… — Audre Lorde
No one seriously doubts Socrates' maxim: The unexamined life isn't worth living. Self-assessment and attempts at self-improvement are essential aspects of "the good life." Yes,… — Robert Burton
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth… — Socrates
It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka aretÃ©) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates
An unexamined life is a life of no account. — Socrates
Writing, therefore, is also an act of courage. How much easier is it to lead an unexamined life than to confront yourself on the page?… — Jack Heffron
If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't… — Socrates
An unexamined faith is not worth having, for it can be true only by accident. — James Luther Adams
Life unexamined, is not worth living. — Democritus
We have so many ideas and beliefs about ourselves. We told ourselves story about what we want and who we are, smart or kind. Often… — Jack Kornfield
Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living. — William Sloane Coffin
Modern liberalism, for most liberals is not a consciously understood set of rational beliefs, but a bundle of unexamined prejudices and conjoined sentiments. The basic… — James Burnham

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