Quotes By Socrates

Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.

Exercise till the mind feels delight in reposing from the fatigue.

They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

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

By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.

Life without enquiry is not worth living for a man.

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.