Socrates

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Socrates on the pitfalls of busyness.

Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, ...

Socrates on the value of knowledge.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the w...

Socrates on global citizenship.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Socrates on the essence of knowledge.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Socrates on the nature of death.

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them t...

Socrates on his teaching method.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeki...

Socrates on the secret to happiness.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignora...

Socrates on knowledge and ignorance.

Know thyself.

Socrates on self-knowledge.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss event...

Socrates on levels of discourse.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Socrates on the origin of wisdom.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling o...

Socrates on the goal of education.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, ...

Socrates on the nature of friendship.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Socrates on independent thinking.