653 Quotes by Socrates

The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living.

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth.

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

All thinking begins with wondering.

If at first you don’t succeed, avoid skydiving.

Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge.

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.

True wisdom lies in one’s confession about the limits of one’s knowledge.

Improve yourself by other men’s writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.