Brilliant Thoughts of Socrates

• "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

• "I call myself a peaceful warrior because the battles we fight are on the inside."

• "Be as you wish to seem."

• "To find yourself, think for yourself."

• "Know thyself."

• "Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."

• "It's not living that matters, but living rightly."

• "Everyone wants to tell you what to do what's good for you. They don't want you to find your own answers, they want you to believe theirs."

• "Remember, no human condition is ever permanent."

• "Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."

• "Be nicer than necessary to everyone you meet. Everyone is fighting some kind of battle."  

• "He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

• "Death may be the greatest of all blessings."

• "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves and the world around us."

• "Those who are hardest to love, need it the most."

• "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

• "Understanding the question is half of the answer."

• " To move the world, we must move ourselves."

• "I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of human excellence is to question oneself and others."

• "Life is full of questions. Idiots are full of answers."

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-Socrates

Greek philosopher