653 Quotes by Socrates

I know that I know nothing.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

The best seasoning for food in hunger; for drink, thirst.

My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves

I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded that I am going to other gods who are wise and good (of this I am as certain as I can be of any such matters), and to men departed who are better than those whom I leave behind. And therefore I do not grieve as I might have done, for I have good hope that there is yet something remaining for the dead.

True perfection is a bold quest to seek. Only the willing and true of heart will seek the betterment of many.

I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, that the living spring from the dead, and that the souls of the dead are in existence.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

The cure of many diseases remains unknown to the physicians of Hellos (Greece) because they do not study the whole person.