Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Socrates may have concluded that his most valuable possession was his leisure. “Beware the barrenness of a busy life” is a quote commonly attributed…

— Michael Finkel

“But the whole point is that he is abstaining, for good reason, from something which he does not condemn and which he likes to…

— C.S. Lewis

“he has no more idea of exerting himself to overcome obstacles than he has of restraining his natural appetites; and these two things are…

— Anne Brontë

“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. Socrates”

— Carolyn Spear

“Philosophy had supplied Socrates with convictions in which he had been able to have rational, as opposed to hysterical, confidence when faced with disapproval.…

— Alain de Botton

To Plato the desire for excessive and special foods ... is a hindrance to the soul's attainment of intelligence.

— Thomas McEvilley

“He used to say that there are only two sources of human vice—idleness and superstition, and only two virtues—activity and intelligence.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“A strong man does not succumb to pressures, he knows that without pressures he will not find pleasures and so he will not be…

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

“To Socrates, an individual’s actions were directly related to his intelligence and ignorance. He believed people should develop their self, rather than concentrate on…

— Paul Kleinman

“And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of which fortune gives an abundant supply, he [my father]…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Everything about his character and manners was forcible and violent; there never was any moderation; many a day did he fast, many a year…

— James Boswell