Here’s 30 Socrates Quotes Full of Wisdom. These quotes reflect Socrates’ philosophy and are often found in the works of Plato, his student:
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Apology (399 BC)
- “I know that I am intelligent because I know that I know nothing.” – Attributed
- “To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.” – Attributed
- “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Attributed
- “An unexamined life is not worth living.” – Apology (399 BC)
- “He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have.” – Attributed
- “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Attributed
- “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” – Attributed
- “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” – Attributed
- “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” – Attributed
- “To find yourself, think for yourself.” – Attributed
- “Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.” – Attributed
- “False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” – Attributed
- “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Attributed
- “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” – Attributed
- “Envy is the ulcer of the soul.” – Attributed
- “The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” – Attributed
- “Wisdom begins in wonder.” – Attributed
- “He is richest who is content with the least.” – Attributed
- “Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.” – Attributed
- “Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.” – Attributed
- “Understanding a question is half an answer.” – Attributed
- “The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.” – Attributed
- “From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.” – Attributed
- “Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.” – Attributed
- “As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.” – Attributed
- “Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.” – Attributed
- “Be as you wish to seem.” – Attributed
- “Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.” – Attributed
- “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.” – Attributed