Socrates (470–399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy and among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought.
Best quotes by Socrates
1. "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
2. "An unexamined life is not worth living."
3. "I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."
4. "To find yourself, think for yourself."
5. "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
6. "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."
7. "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."
8. "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
9. "He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."
10. "Wisdom begins in wonder."
11. "Know thyself."
12. "Beware the barrenness of a busy life."
13. "The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."
14. "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."
15. "I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."
16. "The hottest love has the coldest end."
17. "Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual."
18. "He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."
19. "Envy is the ulcer of the soul."
20. "Those who are hardest to love need it the most."
21. "To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge."
22. "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."
23. "False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil."
24. "Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."
25. "Understanding a question is half an answer."
26. "The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being."
27. "He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."
28. "Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."
29. "Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults."
30. "From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."