653 Quotes by Socrates

Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one

False language, evil in itself, infects the soul with evil.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to have knowledge, while actually knowing nothing, is less smarter than you, who claim to know nothing.

I know one thing, that I know nothing.

You don't know what you don't know.

Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.

Talk in order that I may see you.