I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others. Socrates More Quotes by Socrates More Quotes From Socrates I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill. Socrates goodwill citizens world Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. Socrates sand dust fall You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it. Socrates crooked next lines It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death. Socrates wickedness running death Wisest is he who knows he knows not. Socrates wisest knows Talk in order that I may see you. Socrates profanity may order My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves Socrates introvert care may It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself. Socrates odds whole world The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. Socrates envy philosophical neighbor What most counts is not merely to live, but to live right. Socrates character Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul? Socrates caring soul integrity No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen to keep himself in good condition... [It is] a disgrace for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and the strength of which his body is capable. Socrates training healthy men Be as you wish to seem. Socrates hypocrisy integrity inspirational The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form. Socrates mirrors healing heart Let the questions be the curriculum. Socrates curriculum To move the world we must move ourselves. Socrates world moving A system of morality that is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception that has nothing sound in it and nothing true. Socrates ethics emotional sound It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring habits that shortens the other half Socrates health men long Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge Socrates real-knowledge real The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you. Socrates demand greater honor
