653 Quotes by Socrates

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

I don’t care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

I only know one thing, and that is I know nothing.

It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one.

To harm another is to harm oneself.

Do it because it’s in your heart. Not because you want something in return. Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

There is no solution; seek it lovingly.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own proper jewels – temperance and justice, and courage, and nobility and truth – she is ready to go on her journey when the hour comes.