Quotes by Socrates

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

"The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul."

"Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know. When we first start facing truth, the process may be frightening, and many people run back to their old lives. But if you continue to seek truth, you will eventually be able to handle it better. In fact, you want more! It's true that many people around you now may think you are weird or even a danger to society, but you don't care. Once you've tasted the truth, you won't ever want to go back to being ignorant"

All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.

I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.

"I only know how little I know"

How many things I can do without.

"There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear"

 The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. -

Friends, why do you scrape every stone to gather wealth,
and take so little care of your children,
to whom one day you will relinquish it all?