653 Quotes by Socrates

God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with men, both in waking life and in sleep, is carried on.

I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

Let the questions be the curriculum.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.

So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?

I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says; to be curious about that which is not my concern, while I am still in ignorance of my own self, would be ridiculous. And therefore I bid farewell to all this; the common opinion is enough for me. For, as I was saying, I want to know not about this, but about myself: am I a monster more complicated and swollen with passion than the serpent Typho, or a creature of a gentler and simpler sort, to whom Nature has given a diviner and lowlier destiny?

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.

He is the richest who is content with the least.