653 Quotes by Socrates

Obscurity is dispelled by augmenting the light of discernment, not by attacking the darkness.

Be true to thine own self.

Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.

The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.

I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.

...in the acquisition of this blessing human nature can find no better helper than Love. I declare that it is the duty of every man to honour Love, and I honour and practice the mysteries of Love in an especial degree myself, and recommend the same to others, and I praise the power and valour of Love to the best of my ability both now and always.

Those then who know not wisdom and virtue, and are always busy with gluttony and sensuality, go down and up again as far as the mean; and in this region they move at random throughout life, but they never pass into the true upper world; thither they neither look, nor do they ever find their way, neither are they truly filled with true being, nor do they ever taste of pure and abiding pleasure.

All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.