- The only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.
- Life is not worth living if it is not dedicated to a purpose.
- There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- I cannot teach anyone anything. I can only teach him to think.
- Be kind, every person you meet is fighting a hard battle.
- Great minds discuss ideas, mediocre minds discuss facts, weak minds discuss others.
- If you marry a good woman, you will be happy. If you marry a bad woman, you will become a philosopher.
- If you are not happy with what you have, you will not be happy with what you would like to have.
- Sometimes we build walls not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to tear them down.
- The beginning of wisdom is seeking.
- To find yourself, you have to think for yourself.
- Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
- Know thyself.
- If you want to change the world, you must first change yourself.
- The secret of happiness is not in wanting more, but in developing the ability to be satisfied with as little as possible.
- The secret of change is to focus all one’s energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
- I am neither an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
- Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
- Understanding the question is half the answer.
- True wisdom comes to each of us when we realise how little we know about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Source: thearchaeologist.org/blog/20-wise-words-of-philosopher-socrates-to-remember
