Quotes by Socrates

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of.

Be as you wish to seem.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.

If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.

Quotes by Socrates part 2

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

The mind is everything; what you think, you become.

To move the world, we must first move ourselves.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

An honest man is always a child.

Wisdom begins in wonder, but it ends in knowledge.

Understanding a question is half the answer.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

An honest man is he who does not steal, but the one who does not need to steal.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing.

Know thyself.

One thing only I know and that is that I know nothing.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Be as you wish to seem.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.

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

The greatest blessing granted to mankind comes from the ability to question everything.