Quotes By Socrates

Go wherever the facts lead.

Socrates

FactsReasonEvidenceInquiry

If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease.

Socrates

SilenceSilentDiscordDoe...+1

There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear.

Socrates

AnswersListeningAwarenessUnderstanding

When our feet hurt, we hurt all over.

Socrates

HurtFeetBodyWellbeing

There is no learning without remembering.

Socrates

RememberEducationKnowledgeUnderstanding

The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.

Socrates

PerfectPerfectionTogetherCollectives...+1

The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.

Socrates

LifeImportantLive WellEnjoyable...+1

The friend must be like money, that before you need it, the value is known.

Socrates

ValuesNeedsKnown

Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.

Socrates

JudgingJudgmentAnswersFour

Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge.

Socrates

RealReal Knowledge

Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

Socrates

BlessingWealthIndividualGoodness...+1

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

Socrates

WisdomFaithThinkingCompassion...+1

If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all.

Socrates

WantWhat You WantIfs

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.

Socrates

WiseMenHe ManLittles...+1

You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.

Socrates

CrookedLinesNextKnows

The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.

Socrates

RealityGreatnessFirstsKeys...+1

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth.

Socrates

WarVeganWealthAcquisition

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Socrates

ChangeEqualityIntelligentIgnorant

The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.

Socrates

SoulBodyRegard

The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.

Socrates

CompassionUnderstandingVegetarianImpossible...+1