I only know how little I know Socrates More Quotes by Socrates More Quotes From Socrates I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others. Socrates formexcellencebelieve I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill. Socrates goodwillcitizensworld 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 sanddustfall You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it. Socrates crookednextlines It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death. Socrates wickednessrunningdeath Wisest is he who knows he knows not. Socrates wisestknows Talk in order that I may see you. Socrates profanitymayorder My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves Socrates introvertcaremay It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself. Socrates oddswholeworld The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. Socrates envyphilosophicalneighbor 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 caringsoulintegrity 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 traininghealthymen Be as you wish to seem. Socrates hypocrisyintegrityinspirational The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form. Socrates mirrorshealingheart Let the questions be the curriculum. Socrates curriculum To move the world we must move ourselves. Socrates worldmoving 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 ethicsemotionalsound 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 healthmenlong Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge Socrates real-knowledgereal
