Famous Quotes by Socrates
Socrates (470/469 – 399 BC) was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher, and is credited as the founder of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the writings of his student Plato.
Socrates became famous for his work on logic, epistemology and a fascination with the human mind over the physical body.
He wanted to establish an ethical system based on human reason by pointing out that human choices were motivated by the desire for happiness, that wisdom comes from introspection.
When the political climate of Greece changed, a trial against him started due to his attack on traditional Greek values and according to his accusers, Socrates was “refusing to recognise the gods recognised by the state”, and “corrupting the youth”.
At the trial he had three hours to present his case and to defend himself, instead, he presented his philosophical ideas which the 500 members of the jury couldn't understand.
He had 2 option: get exiled from Athens or death by hemlock poisoning, Socrates choosed the second offer, becoming his own executor.
Famous Quotes by Socrates
“Be as you wish to seem.”
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
“Envy is the ulcer of the soul.”
“The hottest love has the coldest end.”
“An unexamined life is not worth living.”
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
“To move the world we must move ourselves.”
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
“Every action has its pleasures and its price.”
“From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.”
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
“The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”
“When the debate is over, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
“We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.”
“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”
“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”
“Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.”
“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”
“Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.”
“All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.”
“The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
“The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.”
“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
“If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.”
“Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.”
“One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.”
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
“Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.”
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
“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.”
“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”
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