Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher known for his unique method of questioning to seek truth and wisdom. He believed in examining life and valuing virtue over wealth.
Through his dialogues, he encouraged deep thinking and self-awareness. Socrates' ideas, preserved by his student Plato, continue to influence philosophy, emphasizing the importance of questioning and ethical living.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. ๐❌
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people. ๐ฃ️
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ๐ค
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. ๐ญ
The unexamined life is not worth living.๐ฑ
To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom. ๐ง♂️
Let him who would move the world first move himself. ๐
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. ๐คฌ
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. ๐ง ❌
An unexamined life is not worth living. ❌๐ฑ
Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have, comes from virtue. ๐ฐ➡️
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty. ๐❌
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. ๐ฟ
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. ๐๐ฑ
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. ๐ฅ❌
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. ๐๐ค
We cannot live better than in seeking to become better. ๐ฑ➡️๐ณ
The mind is everything; what you think, you become. ๐ง ➡️
Envy is the ulcer of the soul. ๐ก
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. ๐❌
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.๐๐
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. ๐ญ
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways—I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows. ๐ฐ️๐
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. ๐ฃ️❌
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves. ๐
In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent. ๐ถ➡️๐ต
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. ๐ก➡️
There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend. ๐ซ
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ๐ข➡️๐ค
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ๐ฃ️❌
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. ๐๐
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. ๐❌
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. ๐️❌
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of. ๐
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. ๐ท➡️๐ฑ
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him. ๐๐
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. ๐ฃ️❌
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit. ๐๐
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one. ๐๐ง♂️
A life without investigation is not worth living. ๐ต️♂️
Understanding a question is half an answer. ❓➡️
He is not only idle who does nothing, but he is idle who might be better employed. ๐️➡️
No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades—that of government. ๐️❌
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. ⚖️
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. ๐
A multitude of books distracts the mind. ๐❌
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."๐ฐ❌
Those who are hardest to love need it the most. ❤️
We do not know—neither the sophists, nor the orators, nor the artists, nor I—what the true, the good, and the beautiful are." ๐จ❌
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. ๐๐ผ
Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me. ๐ฃ️❌
The hottest love has the coldest end. ❤️❌
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. ๐ฃ️❌
To be is to do. ➡️
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. ๐
He who has the fullest power over himself also has the greatest power over others. ๐ง♂️➡️
I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within. ๐๐
An honest man is always a child. ๐ถ
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. ๐ญ
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. ๐
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways—I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows. ๐ฐ️๐
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. ๐ง ❌
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. ๐❌
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of. ๐
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively. ๐➡️๐
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. ๐ฐ❌
There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend. ๐ซ
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ๐ฃ️❌
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. ๐️❌
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. ๐ท➡️๐ฑ
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. ๐๐
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. ๐ข➡️๐ค
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him. ๐๐
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. ๐
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves. ๐
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. ๐ก➡️
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. ๐❌
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. ๐
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. ⚖️
In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent. ๐ถ➡️๐ต
He who has the fullest power over himself also has the greatest power over others. ๐ง♂️➡️
Those who are hardest to love need it the most. ❤️
No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades—that of government. ๐️❌
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. ๐๐ผ
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. ๐ฃ️❌
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit. ๐๐
He is not only idle who does nothing, but he is idle who might be better employed. ๐️➡️
A multitude of books distracts the mind. ๐❌
A life without investigation is not worth living. ๐ต️♂️
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one. ๐๐ง♂️
Socrates' most famous Quotes:
1. "The unexamined life is not worth living."
2. "I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."
3. "Let him who would move the world, first move himself."
4. "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."
5. "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."
6. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
7. "Beware the barrenness of a busy life."
8. "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
9. "He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have."
10. "Be kind For everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
11. "An unexamined life is not worth living."
12. "Be as you wish to seem."
13. "Let him who would move the world first move himself."
14. "The mind is everything; what you think, you become."
15. "Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."
Socrates Quotes on love:
1. "Those who are hardest to love need it the most."
2. "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
3. "True love is a deep understanding and acceptance of each other's imperfections."
4. "He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have."
5. "Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature."
6. "Where there is love, there is no need for law."
7. "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
8. "The hottest love has the coldest end."
9. "Love is the pursuit of the whole."
10. "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."
Socrates Quotes about self:
1. "Know thyself."
2. "To find yourself, think for yourself."
3. "An unexamined life is not worth living."
4. "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."
5. "Be as you wish to seem."
6. "He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have."
7. "The mind is everything; what you think, you become."
8. "Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of."
9. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
10. "Let him who would move the world first move himself."
11. "Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."
12. "The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."
Socrates Quotes on philosophy:
1. "The unexamined life is not worth living."
2. "I know that I am intelligent because I know that I know nothing."
3. "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."
4. "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."
5. "Wonder is the feeling of philosopher and philosophy begins in wisdom."
6. "To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom."
7. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
8. "Virtue is the beauty of the soul."
9. "He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."
10. "False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
11. "Wisdom begins in wonder."
12. Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
13. "Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people."
14. "An unexamined life is not worth living."
15. "Let him who would move the world first move himself."
Socrates Quotes on education:
1. "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
2. "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."
3. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
4. "Wisdom begins in wonder."
5. 11. "The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms."
6. "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."
7. "The mind is everything; what you think, you become."
8. "Understanding a question is half an answer."
9. "I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."
Socrates Best Quotes on life:
1. "An unexamined life is not worth living."
2. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
3. "Beware the barrenness of a busy life."
4. "Let him who would move the world first move himself."
5. "Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."
6. "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."
7. "Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."
8. "He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have."
9. "The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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