An unexamined life is not worth living.

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Life Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average...

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average...

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

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

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

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

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

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

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about...

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but...

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but...

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true...

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true...