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

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Self Education Quotes

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

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

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

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 only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

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.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for...

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for...

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

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 guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos....

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos....

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...