Socrates
Quotes
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Known for his Socratic method, he believed that the path to wisdom lies in asking probing questions and engaging in critical thinking. He championed the pursuit of truth, virtue, and the development of moral character. His dialogues, preserved by his students, continue to shape philosophical discourse, urging individuals to examine their lives and seek knowledge.
Socrates
Quotes
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Known for his Socratic method, he believed that the path to wisdom lies in asking probing questions and engaging in critical thinking. He championed the pursuit of truth, virtue, and the development of moral character. His dialogues, preserved by his students, continue to shape philosophical discourse, urging individuals to examine their lives and seek knowledge.
There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear.
The universe really is motion & nothing else.
No one can teach, if by teaching we mean the transmission of knowledge, in any mechanical fashion, from one person to another. The most that can be done is that one person who is more knowledgeable than another can, by asking a series of questions, stimulate the other to think, and so cause him to learn for himself.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Wisdom is knowing what you don't know.
When a woman is allowed to become a man's equal, she becomes his superior.
It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.
True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
When I was young, I believed that life might unfold in an orderly way, according to my hopes and expectations. But now I understand that the Way winds like a river, always changing, ever onward.. My journeys revealed that the Way itself creates the warrior; that every path leads to peace, every choice to wisdom. And that life has always been, and will always be, arising in Mystery.
Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these eighteen "ities". You will soon attain immortality.
I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
Better to do a little well, than a great deal badly.
All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth.
If you can do only a little. Do what you can. What you cannot enforce, do not command.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.
Life without enquiry is not worth living for a man.
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
Go wherever the facts lead.
All things in moderation, including moderation.
