Category Quotations

Socrates says: “Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down”

Socrates says: “So I withdrew and thought to myself: ‘I am wiser than this man; it is likely that neither of us knows anything worthwhile, but he thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas when I do not…

Socrates says: “Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.”

Socrates says: “One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man,…

Socrates says: “One day, the old wise Socrates walks down the streets, when all of the sudden a man runs up to him “Socrates I have to tell you something about your friend who…” “Hold up” Socrates interrupts him “About…

Socrates says: “My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.”

Socrates says: “Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.”

Socrates says: “Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.”

Socrates says: “If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.”

Socrates says: “If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your…