653 Quotes by Socrates

Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.

I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same...I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

We shall be better, braver, and more active if we believe it right to look for what we don't know.

The Delphic Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone of all the Greeks know that I know nothing.

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.

All things in moderation, including moderation.

It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.